What do you do when Obama’s remarks don’t match the events of the day? If you’re the LA Times, you edit the events.
Yesterday, John McCain finally began to highlight the Democrats’ culpability for the financial meltdown through their support for irresponsible policies at Fannie and Freddie. (Background at this thread.) That same day, Obama claimed that McCain is avoiding talking about the economic crisis due to his weakness on the issue. As a mainstream media Obama booster, you want to make Obama look good. But how do you support his talking point when it’s manifestly untrue?
If you’re the LA Times, you selectively quote McCain’s speech to remove any mention of the economy, and then you can uncritically repeat Obama’s claim that McCain isn’t talking about the economy.
(Via Instapundit.)
