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Gannett News Service reported that McCain's ad "characterized the Democrats as proposing to tax the country out of its economic woes," but not that that is false

April 09, 2008 1:56 pm ET

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SUMMARY: A Gannett News Service analysis reported on Sen. John McCain's response to television ads by Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign that criticized McCain "for being AWOL on the nation's economic challenges," stating: "McCain immediately fired back in videos ... that characterized the Democrats as proposing to tax the country out of its economic woes." However, the piece did not mention that the key assertion in McCain's ad is false.

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