Slog - Comments on The Story Behind the McCain Story http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story The New Republic has posted a must-read story that sounds like it was, in a significant way, part of the process that led to the publication of the New York Times' McCain story today. TNR's piece looks deep inside the internal Times debate over the McCain article: The publication of the article capped three months of intense internal deliberations at the Times over whether to publish the negative piece and its most explosive charge about the affair. It pitted the reporters investigating the story, who believed they had nailed it, against executive editor Bill Keller, who believed they hadn't. It... Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:25:01 -0800 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:20:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Anon The Story Behind the Story
Posted by Bradley Steinbacher on February 21 at 10:17 AMA

]]> Anon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944131 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944131 2008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:29:57 -0800 Comment by unPC Yes this is all over the news this am, wonder why it wasn't in the original news summary. NYT slimes McCain with no proof, but holds off actually informing voters when it counts.

Late breaking news: 200,000-700,000 Serbs demonstrating in Belgrade to keep Kosovo non-independence.

"Balkans STILL Balkanized" I guess.

Seriously it's a big deal.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944137 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944137 2008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:36:01 -0800 Comment by unPC setting fire to facade of US embassy in Belgrade. Entering it throwing furniture out.

Yawn. Guess it's not news.

btw we're supporting a Moslem ethnic group in Kosovo, and we get no credit for it in the Middle East. What has Al Qaeda done for the Albanians?

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944186 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944186 2008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:52:56 -0800 Comment by Morgan Jon Taplin has some interesting background info regarding McCain's relationship with telecom lobbyists in general at http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/mccain-lobbyist-problem/.

]]> Morgan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944198 2008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:01:37 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Why is the NYT hell-bent on proving every wingnut criticism of itself true?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944352 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944352 2008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:42:24 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV The NYT will handle this gaffe in the only appropriate way.

By firing Dan Rather.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944365 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944365 2008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:47:26 -0800 Comment by crazycatguy Having read the article, I found little slime. Instead, it recounts McClain's troubling inability to refrain from unprofessional relationships with lobbyists. Something he himself has admitted to.

]]> crazycatguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/the_story_behind_the_mccain_story#c944513 2008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:20:33 -0800