Fair is Fair the NY Times Should have Printed McCain’s Op-Ed
The New York Times published an op-ed by Barack Obama last week. In the op-ed Obama laid out his war strategy, but he was also critical of John McCain. Today, we learn that New York Times has rejected an op-ed from John McCain. New Times editor David Shipley said ‘The Obama piece worked for me because it offered new information (it appeared before his speech); while Senator Obama discussed Senator McCain, he also went into detail about his own plans.’ Shipley continues: ‘It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama’s piece. To that end, the article would have to articulate, in concrete terms, how Senator McCain defines victory in Iraq.’ This all sounds very reasonable, but what it has produced is fodder for the right. The media has already been accused of being in the tank for Obama so when situations like this surface it seems to add credence to their cries of preferential treatment for the Democrat. An editor has a right to accept or reject an article, but I think in the interest of fairness the McCain op-ed should have been printed.
The NYTimes rejected it because they wanted him to add a TIMETABLE to it before submission. Not fair at all.
Fair? What planet are you living in?
You think Murdoch’s editors are gonna play fair? You think Bill O’Reilly airing the hot-mic Jesse Jackson comment eighty-million times was fair?
Grow up!
Kurt, I know the editors of Murdoch papers are not fair, and Fox should never have aired the Jackson comments, but I still believe the McCain op-ed should have been published. Sometimes you have to do some things to prevent the opposition from getting the opportunity to turn a situation to their advantage.