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To: gamesmistress who wrote (239849)	2/23/2008 9:41:58 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) of 793958

That point, he said, was that McCain, "this man who prizes his honor above all things and who appreciates the importance of appearances, also has a history of being sometimes careless about the appearance of impropriety, about his reputation." Let's unpack this for a moment. Because John McCain has higher than normal standards, it is therefore Page A1 newsworthy when he is accused of giving an appearance of impropriety eight years ago, even if the accusations amount to nothing more than a bunch of sleazy innuendo by anonymous sources. Have I got that right? The natural corollary to this is that if some other politician has lower than normal standards regarding appearances of impropriety, this would not be a newsworthy story. In fact, if he was a known rogue, even serial lobbyist/bimbo attacks would not make the cut. Is this really the point that Bill Keller wants to make? No wonder even the NYT's usual allies are deserting it this time. Good luck with circling the wagons there, guys. This story might even prove to be a tipping point, that illuminates to many in the left of center what has been obvious about the NYT to the right of center for years.

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