NY Times uncritically quoted McCain supporter falsely asserting that McCain "spent all those years in a P.O.W. camp and he doesn't talk about it"

SUMMARY: The New York Times quoted a woman who "said she would vote for Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, 'because he spent all those years in a P.O.W. camp and he doesn't talk about it,' an indicator of a reserve that she sees as a sign of the character and good manners she admires in her neighbors." In fact, in his campaign ads, McCain has repeatedly touted his experience as a prisoner of war.

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