This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Monday, March 10, 2008 12:00 AM

"The guys from the Politico brought my mom flowers"

The "journalists" who spent the weekend at John McCain's ranch were barred from bringing cameras. But McCain's daughter Meghan did.
Glenn Greenwald

Read other letters about this article

  • Monday, March 10, 2008 09:24 AM

    The Problem is...

    ...more with the reporters than the campaign. Yes, the McCain people are doing whatever they think will work to ensure a smooth flow of positive, reverential, "Bush/Kim-Jong-Il" style of "reporting". That the reporters happily buy into this is the freaking problem!

    Journalism is supposed to be INDEPENDENT. How independent can you be if you are reporting on your good friends, the McCains??

    Now let's all sit back and watch the hard-hitting, questioning, in-depth reporting we'll see from those pseudo-journalists, stuffed full of BBQ and tamales...

    —LeftieLefty Read LeftieLefty's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

530

Do Obama officials know what his Afghanistan plan is?

What explains the completely contradictory statements from key aides on a central plank of the war strategy?
Glenn Greenwald Read article
175

I live in a van down by Duke University

How do I afford grad school without going into debt? A '94 Econoline, bulk food and creative civil disobedience
By Ken Ilgunas Read article
128

Is my kids making me not smart?

Stay-at-home fatherhood dulls my intellect to a nub. Excuse me while I ponder the subtext of "Hippos Go Berserk"
By Aaron Traister Read article
126

Trig, the anti-abortion straw baby

Sarah Palin's son is being used to demonize pro-choicers
Tracy Clark-Flory Read article
119

A new report questions "suicides" at Guantanamo

Why is the Obama DOJ attempting to block judicial review of three highly suspicious deaths?
Glenn Greenwald Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon