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John Mccain And The Media
Anchor
April 2008
On Sale: March 25, 2008
240 pages
ISBN: 0307279405
EAN: 9780307279408
Paperback
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Non-Fiction
We live in a gotcha media culture that revels in exposing
the foibles and hypocrisies of our politicians. But one
politician manages to escape this treatment, getting the
benefit of the doubt and a positive spin for nearly
everything he does: John McCain. Indeed, even during his
temporary decline in popularity in 2007, the media continued
to support him by lamenting his fate rather than criticizing
the flip flops and politicking that undermined his popular
image as a maverick. David Brock and Paul Waldman show how the media has enabled
McCain's rise from the Keating Five scandal to the underdog
hero of the 2000 primaries to his roller-coaster run for the
2008 nomination. They illuminate how the press falls for
McCain's “straight talk” and how the Arizona senator gets
away with inconsistencies and misrepresentations for which
the media skewers other politicians. This is a fascinating
study of how the media shape the political debate, and an
essential book for every political junkie.
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