the kicker

Tell It, Paul Begala

Without further comment, the lede of Begala’s HuffPo article about McCain, Palin, the truth, the media, and the relationship between the four of them: If John...
September 11, 2008

Without further comment, the lede of Begala’s HuffPo article about McCain, Palin, the truth, the media, and the relationship between the four of them:

If John McCain and Sarah Palin were to say the moon was made of green cheese, we can be certain that Barack Obama and Joe Biden would pounce on it, and point out it’s actually made of rock. And you just know the headline in the paper the next day would read: “CANDIDATES CLASH ON LUNAR LANDSCAPE.”

Megan Garber is an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. She was formerly a CJR staff writer.