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Ignoring his reversal, media mention McCain's immigration bill in context of his attempt to gain Hispanic support

Summary: In reporting on Sen. John McCain's efforts to woo Hispanic voters, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, the Politico, and Reuters mentioned McCain's previous support for comprehensive immigration reform but did not note that he has since said he would no longer support a comprehensive reform measure he co-sponsored.
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Posted by DorisRussell

McCain reminds me of the a slick insurance salesperson who is trying to put one over on everyone.  The media is still playing into this niceguy act, How nice will it be when he sends more American youth over to Iraq to die.

Posted by wesley

Judging from the lack of responses to this thread...it appears that mmfa's clumsy and monotonous droning that McCain wouldn't support his own immigration bill if it came up again for a vote has run out of steam.

Of course he denied that he wouldn't vote for it if it came up again...because it won't come up again....McCain knows that and so does mmfa.

McCain supports amnesty and if he is elected president...with a democrat majority in congress...he will quickly cave and support amnesty legislation. 

Posted by BottleBlonde in reply to wesley

Do you really still not understand what Media Matters does? They cover instances of conservative misinformation in the media. They cover news stories and commentary that forwards the conservative agenda.

The fact that not many people comment on any particular thread doesn't mean that Media Matters articles have been clumsy or droning. Do you really not understand that every time a media outlet talks about McCain's support for his immigration proposal without noting his pullback from that support, that missing info forwards the conservative agenda because it doesn't paint McCain to be the flip-flopper he is? Do you still not know that the frequency of articles here has little to do with how much Media Matters wants to push a story and much more to do with how many inaccurate media presentations have been made?

Posted by wesley in reply to BottleBlonde

I understand fully the mission of mmfa...just as I understand fully their methods and agendas.

mmfa has proved nothing...despite their repeated attempts...to disprove McCain's support of amnesty. McCain has cleverly hidden his support for amnesty by stating that he would not vote for his "own bill" if it came up again.

It will not come up again...McCain and mmfa both know that to be a fact. Yet, they both play politics with the issue...a discredit to both.

It was a dishonest effort by McCain...and a dishonest effort by mmfa...to paint this in any other way.   

Posted by BottleBlonde in reply to wesley

There is no discredit due to Media Matters.

There is discredit due to McCain and to the media that does not accurately portray his varying stances.

I never said that McCain would not flip back - he's already flip-flopped on immigration.

If you somehow think that him saying that he would not vote for his own bill is not a flip-flop, then there's no hope for you.

Posted by foghornleghorn

has run out of steam...

Not really - just shows that the Republicans on this site have accepted his immigration flip-flop as a fact

Posted by foghornleghorn

has run out of steam...

Not really - just shows that the Republicans on this site have accepted his immigration flip-flop as a fact

and