WSJ uncritically reported McCain's accusation that
Obama raised age issue, ignoring Obama's actual charge about negative campaigning

post from Media Matters for America on 09 May 2008 03:41:31 PM. © Media Matters for America

A May 9 Wall StreetJournal article about Sen.John McCain's presidential run reported: "A preview [of the generalelection] erupted yesterday when, in an interview on cable news, Sen. [Barack]Obama suggested Sen. McCain was 'losing his bearings.' McCainadviser Mark Salter quickly countered with an open memo to reporters. He calledit a 'not particularly clever way of raising John McCain's age as anissue.' " But the Journaldid not report the context in which Obama made the remark: He was discussing[...]

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