NY Times suggested Republican strategist fired by Wal-Mart no longer works for Sen. McCain -- one day after reporting that he does
In an October 28 article on Wal-Mart's decision to fire GOP strategist Terry Nelson, reportedly for his involvement in producing a controversial advertisement attacking Senate candidate Rep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN), The New York Times reported that Nelson "has worked for various Republican leaders, including President Bush and Senator John McCain of Arizona." In reporting that Nelson "has worked" for McCain, the Times obscured the fact that Nelson currently
works for McCain -- according to the Times the previous day.
According to the October 28 Times article:
Mr. Nelson has worked for various Republican leaders, including President Bush and Senator John McCain of Arizona. As a founder of Crosslink Strategy Group, he also consults for corporations. Mr. Nelson has helped recruit Wal-Mart's suppliers to join an advocacy group that trumpets its accomplishments and has overseen a program to register Wal-Mart employees to vote in Nov. 7 elections in part as a reaction to Democratic attacks against the company.
On October 27, however, the Times reported:
No Republicans wanted to take credit. When the identity of the producer, Scott Howell, emerged, Democrats quickly pounced on his history of bare-knuckled tactics and close relationship with Karl Rove as evidence of a familiar Republican approach.
And the incident quickly set off a wave of denials and denunciations from Republican officials, including the national party chairman and Senator John McCain of Arizona, who has hired Terry Nelson, another consultant affiliated with the spot.
As Media Matters for America noted, the October 27 article's claim that McCain offered a "denunciation" of the ad was inaccurate. The McCain spokesman the Times quoted simply said: "We're pleased that the ad has been pulled down."
alienate the NY times from the left since it's already alienated from the right. Great work, thanks!!!!
Show us how the NYT has been such a 'friend' to the left? They're as full of it as anyone. 'Liberal media bias'? Right.
That doesnt change the fact they carried Bush administration water in the buildup to the invasion of Iraq. Here is the difference liberals for the most part dont divide the world up into friends and enemies and decide how to treat them based on which box they fall into. When the NYTimes screws up we call them on it. The right demands total conformity to their propaganda regiment or they are demonized. Sometimes overall good organizations make bad decisions the same with people sometimes good people do bad things. You guys are never going to really understand the world as long as you keep thinking in this black/white dichotomous mindset.
That MMFA not report media misinformation as long as the source is disliked by the right?
All that's required in orderto alienate the right is to report facts that are unflattering to the right.
Why not get the major media alienated from everybody, and let them start over.They can decide if they want to appeal to the "fact based community", or be in the front row at White House press events.
Art has spent all of his time here making wild claims that he cannot back up, or just outright lying. You shouldn't expect an answer to your question, since he has not answered one question he has been asked yet.
Another Republican slimeball. No surprise that he worked for Bush. No surprise that he works for McCain either. How much you wanna bet he's a Bible thumper too?
why does this guy always get a pass? Does it have something to do with being a POW? Why should he get a pass? Murtha doesn't get a pass for fighting in a war. Does being captured make a difference? Before anyone gets upset, I am only following the "rUSH, aNNIE, sEAN and bILLY line of logic and politics. Only Rove and Bush went after McCain in the primaries and it worked. Where is Donald Segretti(sic) when you need him?