The New York Times hit piece on McCain that Prof. Blanchard and I wrote about just took another amazing twist. Now that McCain is defending himself, the paper took offense and reacted with unbelievable hysteria:
Later in the day, one of Mr. McCain’s senior advisers leveled harsh criticism at The New York Times in what appeared to be a deliberate campaign strategy to wage a war with the newspaper. Mr. McCain is deeply distrusted by conservatives on a number of issues, not least because of his rapport with the news media, but he could find common ground with them in attacking a newspaper that many conservatives revile as a left-wing publication.
“It was something that you would see in the National Enquirer, not in The New York Times,” said Steve Schmidt, a former counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney who is now a top campaign adviser to Mr. McCain.
So, the Times publishes a poorly-sourced story more likely to be found on some obscure blog than a mainstream media outlet and now they accuse McCain of declaring war? Please. (HT to Powerline)
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