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Posted at 9:27am on May 22, 2008 Is the New York Times attempting to extort access from the McCain campaign?
By Jeff Emanuel
As Soren posted on yesterday, and as California Yankee mentioned elsewhere last night, the New York Times, which has taken after John McCain with a white-hot fury since the man who was once their favorite Republican -- and whom they endorsed in the GOP race -- locked up the nomination a few months ago. This latest episode, related to the release of McCain's medical records, which the Times has been harping on for some time now, appears to be more of the same.
Ed Morrissey, now of Hot Air, has the details. Basically, the Times -- whose ethics policy states "We do not threaten to damage uncooperative sources, nor do we promise favorable coverage in return for cooperation" -- has sent a message to the McCain camp that failure to invite the NYT to the May 23 unveiling of Mr. McCain's medical records will result in far less favorable coverage of that release, and of those records, than McCain will receive if the Times is credentialed and invited to the presser.
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