Washington Post
Bill Keller says
John McCain's advisers are attempting "to use the New York Times as an opportunity to rally the base." The executive editor tells
Howard Kurtz that the
John McCain story "is written in a way that's fair and balanced and has all the context and caveats."
More reaction:
* Project for Excellence in Journalism director
Tom Rosenstiel: "This is a story that rests on the suspicions, unproven, of unnamed sources. That creates a problem for the New York Times. We're not in an age of trust-me journalism.
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Alex Jones of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy: The story is "absolutely appropriate. When you run for president, you should have your record scrutinized closely in every respect."
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"This story is bad news for the news business," says Saunders (SF Chron)
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At this point, it's the Times and not McCain that should be mortified (WP)
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NYT piece, while explosive, was fairly lightweight, as exposes go (RofN)
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"I don't know what the Times hoped to accomplish with this story" (MW)
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