News Brief: Don't Let the Media Erase McCain's Far-Right Legacy
Added 2018-08-26 02:44:32 +0000 UTCJohn McCain has died. The glowing paeans to his humanity, integrity and "straight talk" are already flooding the airwaves and internet tubes.
In this News Brief, we discuss the media's nearly ubiquitous hagiographic treatment of a man who spent his career advocating for constant war, protecting corporate interests and routinely siding with the most powerful against the most vulnerable.
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WaPo Worships Principled, Humanitarian McCain That's Never Existed
Adam H. Johnson | July 24, 2017 | FAIR
The media’s love affair with a John McCain that never was
Adam H. Johnson | July 27, 2017 | The Los Angeles Times
CNN Celebrates 'Joy' of McCain a Day After His Genocidal Threat
Adam H. Johnson | September 12, 2017 | FAIR
The Two Main Ways Corporate Media Will Whitewash McCain's Legacy
Adam H. Johnson | December 19, 2017 | FAIR
'Human Rights Champion' John McCain Silent on Efforts to End War Crimes in Yemen
Adam H. Johnson | March 14, 2018 | truthdig
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Comments
It is sadder that this kind of role is filled in the first place. Don't know what the chances of a better/worse person replacing him are..
Jasper
2018-08-26 17:05:37 +0000 UTCAdam, I think you meant to say the anthrax scare was in 2002 (and invar-i-ably).
2018-08-26 05:24:54 +0000 UTCSadder yet is how someone with terminal brain cancer dies while still in office. There's something wrong with our idea of governing when we don't question people not stepping aside for the sake of their state's best representation under these circumstances. Just retire or resign and let your state be represented by someone who can devote their full attention to it. It makes you wonder how much influence banks(code for elite) actually have since McCain blew in on the Keating 5 wind to begin with............ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five</a>
David Blobaum
2018-08-26 04:46:25 +0000 UTCSirs, how dare you, while he is not yet cold in the ground, have you, I say have you no decency? lol jk, see you in hell McCain
2018-08-26 04:15:36 +0000 UTCMy parents didn't appreciate my joke about a Vietnamese woman smothering dear John with a pillow
MoldyTolge
2018-08-26 02:45:52 +0000 UTC
