Wash. Post ignored attack ads on Obama, asserting, "To date, no conservative 527 groups have materialized"

SUMMARY: In a June 20 article, The Washington Post reported that "[t]o date, no conservative 527 groups have materialized" to oppose Sen. Barack Obama. The day before, washingtonpost.com's Chris Cillizza had similarly asserted: "[N]o ... national 527 with an eye on the presidential election has emerged yet on the Republican side, and there doesn't appear to be significant impetus to form one given [Sen. John] McCain's commitment to campaign finance reform." In fact, both 527s and other outside conservative groups have attacked Obama, and McCain has not limited his denunciations to the activities of 527s.

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