For years, John McCain was the darling of the press. Now that some of them are criticizing him and questioning his VP selection, McCain is going ballistic. The fact that he won’t even go on Larry King is just a joke.
Steve Schmidt and the McCain campaign have made the tactical decision to slime the press and get their supporters all riled up over the “liberal media.” Joe Klein is having none of it.
There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is “a task from God.” The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme.
