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Just weeks away from a possible surprise victory in the primaries, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz has been waging a ferocious behind the scenes battle with the NEW YORK TIMES, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, and has hired DC power lawyer Bob Bennett to mount a bold defense against charges of giving special treatment to a lobbyist!
McCain has personally pleaded with NY TIMES editor Bill Keller not to publish the high-impact report involving key telecom legislation before the Senate Commerce Committee, newsroom insiders tell the DRUDGE REPORT.
The paper’s Jim Rutenberg has been leading the investigation and is described as beyond frustrated with McCain’s aggressive and angry efforts to stop any and all publication.
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The drama involves a woman lobbyist who may have helped to write key telecom legislation.
The woman in question has retained counsel and strongly denies receiving any special treatment from McCain.
Rutenberg, along with reporter David Kirkpatrick, has been developing the story for the last 6 weeks.
Rutenberg had hoped to break the story before the Christmas holiday, sources reveal, but editor Keller expressed serious reservations about jounalism eithics and issuing a damaging story so close to an election.
McCain campaign officials Rick Davis, Charlie Black and Mark Salter are also said to have met with the NEW YORK TIMES in an effort to halt publication.
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This report has at least a couple of angles.
There’s the GIVING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT to some evil corporate entity.
Then there’s INVOLVES A WOMAN LOBBYIST who has RETAINED COUNSEL.
Huh. My guess is that this was a story the NY Times was keeping in its back pocket in order to smear McCain if he ended up in the general election. McCain figured out a way to force their hand. It’s a tried and true political ploy - - air your dirty laundry NOW so that it’s “old news” later.
Oops. Didn’t see your post. Sorry about that. :O)
There had better be more to the story than this. A lobbyist's job is to try to influence the legislative process, and drafting proposed legislation is one of the ways they do this. BFD.
That's the most hilarious thing I've read in quite a while. Whatever the reasons Keller has reservations, the idea that "journalism ethics" and "issuing a damaging story so close to an election" are are of concern to the Old Grey Whore when the target is a republican is a total joke.
Is THIS the big 'sex scandal' about a presidential frontrunner that all of the media knows about but all the journalists are worried about printing?
Ya, sure.
ROFL
re: Rutenberg had hoped to break the story before the Christmas holiday, sources reveal, but editor Keller expressed serious reservations about jounalism eithics and issuing a damaging story so close to an election.
I have a lot of thread to catch up on... but that there’s funny.