McCain Manager Protests NBC Coverage
From Politico ~ John McCain (R-Ariz.) campaign manager Rick Davis asked Sunday for a meeting with Steve Capus, the president of NBC News, to protest what the campaign called signs that the network is "abandoning non-partisan coverage of the presidential race." UPDATE: It is now being reported that McCain was in his limo while Obama responded to questions and thus, McCain or a member of his staff could easily have listened on the car radio to the questions and Obama's answer. Developing....
Davis made the request Sunday in a letter that is part of an aggressive effort by McCain to counter news coverage he considers critical.
In this case, the campaign is objecting to a statement by NBC's Andrea Mitchell on "Meet the Press" questioning whether McCain might have gotten a heads-up on some of the questions that were asked of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who was the first candidate to be interviewed Saturday night by Pastor Rick Warren at a presidential forum on faith.
Read the entire story at http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12594.html.
Davis made the request Sunday in a letter that is part of an aggressive effort by McCain to counter news coverage he considers critical.
In this case, the campaign is objecting to a statement by NBC's Andrea Mitchell on "Meet the Press" questioning whether McCain might have gotten a heads-up on some of the questions that were asked of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who was the first candidate to be interviewed Saturday night by Pastor Rick Warren at a presidential forum on faith.
Read the entire story at http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12594.html.
Labels: 2008 Presidential Race, Media Bias
posted by Mike McCarville @ 9:45 AM
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