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The Associated Press: Analysis: McCain's claims skirt facts, test voters
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Analysis: McCain's claims skirt facts, test voters By CHARLES BABINGTON 2 days ago WASHINGTON (AP) The "Straight Talk Express" has detoured into doublespeak. Republican presidential nominee John McCain, a self-proclaimed tell-it-like-it-is maverick, keeps saying his running mate, Sarah Palin, ...

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Gawker:  Can We Stop With the 'AP In the Tank For McCain' Thing? [Bias]

Huffington Post Entertainment Blog:  Jared Bernstein: You Can't Fool All the People All the Time

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Can We Stop With the 'AP In the Tank For McCain' Thing? [Bias]
Gawker — ... Today the wire sent out a remarkable analysis piece on how the McCain campaign just lies, all the time, about everything. And everyone calls them on their lies, and "fact checks" them, but it doesn't matter, because they don't care. And the AP under Fournier has actually done a better job with this fact-checking than lots of other outlets. ...

Jared Bernstein: You Can't Fool All the People All the Time
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — ... What's the best strategy when your opponent lies? It's not a simple question. The obvious move is to call them on it, but analyses of viewers reveals that "he said, she said" arguments leave observers confused and apathetic. "There they go again," seems to be the reaction, and they tune out the substance of the debate. This hurts us a lot more than them, because we need the electorate to focus on substance; they need them to focus on nonsense. ...

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