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Did McCain screw himself when he promoted speedy adoption of HDTV? - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine

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John McCain. Click image to expand. John McCain Marie Curie died from exposure to radium, her greatest discovery. Jim Fixx, who sold Americans on the health benefits of running, was killed by a heart attack at 52. To this roster of ironic demise we may soon add John McCain, the Senate's pre-eminent champion of high-definition TV. As Senate commerce committee chairman in 1998 , and later as the ...

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Wish I'd Thought Of That: HDTV Vs. McCain
Tuned In — ... Over at Slate, Timothy Noah wonders : will appearing in high-definition on TV be unkind to John McCain? Last year, when McCain's candidacy appeared to be in serious trouble, you heard a lot about how awful he looked. He'd gotten old, his face was scarred from melanoma surgery; no wonder his presidential run was headed south. Then McCain started racking up primary victories, and his telegenic deficit was forgotten. I don't watch TV news much—with two kids, who has the time?—and what news clips I see tend to be off the Web. On cable-news sites and YouTube, McCain looked fine to ...

Does McCain Remind Us Too Much of Our Own Mortality to Win? [The Olds]
Gawker — ... ? Or the fact that he looks like a terrible monster on high-definition TV? Slate's Timothy Noah argues the latter. No one cares about ethics, but many people are buying fancy new flat-screens. And John McCain, who looks grandfatherly and dignified on, like, a YouTube box, looks like a mythological monster in crisp HD. Seriously! Above, a screenshot of McCain in regular definition. After the jump, the clip that's taken from in glorious HD. ...

Late Breaks: Frey's False Facts; McCain in HD; more
Pressed — -James Frey packed his new novel with factoids about Los Angeles, but they're about as factual as his prison anecdotes. [LA Observed] -Barack Obama says he'll do something about media consolidation if elected. [The Deal] -Why doesn't Fox News identify Karl Rove as a John McCain supporter? [Salon] -Speaking of McCain, will HDTV sink his campaign by revealing to voters how truly decrepit he looks? [Slate] [Note to readers: Apologies for the minimal posting today; I came down with something nasty over the ...

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