Yesterday, Megan offered some suggestions for reporters for how to cover the McCain campaign’s recent cries of socialism, including: “add a brief note of clarification next to a McCain campaign claim about Obama’s socialism…ideally, in your story’s lede.” The AP, which started down this path yesterday, seems to be getting the hang of it:
John McCain is pouncing on Barack Obama’s call for shifting more wealth from richer Americans to poorer ones, likening it to socialism. His remarks win applause at campaign events. But they ignore the nation’s long tradition of redistributing huge amounts of wealth through tax-and-spending policies.Placing a heavier burden on the wealthy has been a cornerstone of the federal income tax since its inception in 1913…
Well you know with the tide most definitely turned in Obama's favour I'd suggest that this is a case of the media, that for the last 7 years has been decidedly right wing pretty much across the board, suddenly realizing they maybe need to play fair with Obama if they want reliable access to the WH Press room come January 20th. IOW self preservation.
Posted by Doug Alder on Thu 23 Oct 2008 at 11:58 PM