"Take a Look at the Ad"

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There they go again, the vapid vapors media doin' the heavy lifting for the McCain campaign of the latest whine-and-sheesh ad attacking Barack Obama.

Shame on MSNBC and CNN. This kind of propaganda-pushing we've come to expect from Faux News. But I guess now that McCain's made it the in-thing to toss your honor and integrity out the window, you in the BBQ media are going to play right along.

If you think this is some kind of "fair and balanced" for the media coverage Obama justifiably earned last week for his visits to the Middle East and Europe, let me be blunt: it's not.

And it is pathetic.
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UPDATE: For further thoughts on dogwhistle tactics and the media who help push them, this from digby.

Prairie's Reading: Frank Rich

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In a week when Barack Obama looked not just chiefly, but presidential...side by side with generals, world leaders...in arguably the key capitals of Europe and the Middle East...

Perhaps it would have been better if McCain scheduled himself a little R'n'R... retooling and reintroduction... instead of ranting and revisionism.

Or, as Rich notes, perhaps he should be glad he's not getting the kind of press coverage Obama's getting right now. The BBQ media has been doing a fine job of finessing all his misstakes, missteps and misinformationing.

Reality, in the form of a media corps that presents McCain accurately and totally, may well be the last thing his campaign needs. Be careful what you wish for, indeed.