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McCain Campaign Attacks NY Times For Covering Campaign

“Attacking the New York Times — and the media generally — is a smart strategic move when it comes to uniting the Republican base behind McCain. While that base has never felt warmly toward McCain, they feel even less warmly toward the media in general, and the New York Times in particular. It’s the ‘enemy of my enemy is my friend’ argument and it has worked extremely well for the McCain campaign to date.” [Link]