I have just finished reading the entire New York Times story on John McCain. Here is my opinion on this matter. This story is nothing more than the cheap, dirty, politics that has been a part of our political system for many years.

I too sat and watched as Keith Olbermann broke into a rebroadcast of Chris Matthew's Hardball on MSNBC, to announce an alleged scandal of so-called sexual proportions. The way Keith Olbermann was vaunting, you would have thought that they had exclusive video of John McCain in bed, in the act of having sexual intercourse with someone other than his wife.

However, this was not the case, what you really had was a anonymous sourced New York Times article, which other than some vaguely anonymously sourced cheap political gossip, was a rehash of some of John McCain's earlier rehashed controversies.

I also noticed tonight that the only networks covering this so-called scandal were, in fact, MSNBC and Fox News. All the while, CNN never reported a thing. [Update: They did however, add something today on their website. -WF] Which leads me to ask the question, is this really all about a media war between the Liberally owned and operated MSNBC and the Conservative Fox News? A war that threatens to ruin the life of a man, who has done more for his country, that most of those idiots at MSNBC and FOX NEWS put together. Is this why Keith Olbermann felt so compelled to throw out the normal news of his show, for a non-story such as this?

I have to wonder aloud, will Keith Olbermann now, in fact, issue another one of his vaunting, over the top, Special Comments, condemning the New York Times for their shoddy, amateurish, Fox News worthy, crap Journalism?

I will not hold my breath; He is too busy kissing up to the Homosexual, Republican rejects over at Media Matters for America, and their bastard stepbrother, Daily KOS.

I think if the New York Times would stick to reporting the facts that they know, instead of what some D.C. Gossip hound tells them, they might be able to garner a little support from within the main stream of America.

This also reminds me of why we need a fairness doctrine again in this country, we also need some reforms to the laws governing our media. This would reign in nonsense like this in the Main Stream Media.

In conclusion, let me say this, if MSNBC is looking for ratings and to make nice with people like me, who take politics and news very seriously, they need to stay away from the childish playground gossip such as this.

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