http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008...a-plane-finale/

Zitat von Washington Times

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The Washington Times, which has covered the Barack Obama campaign from the start, was kicked off the Democrat's campaign plane for the final 72 hours of the race.

The Obama campaign informed the newspaper Thursday evening of its decision, which came two days after The Times editorial page endorsed Senator John McCain over Mr. Obama.

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THE WASHINGTON POST
THE TRAIL

Media Notes
Washington Times Loses Seat on Obama Plane

"Dunn noted that "two of our largest editorial critics are ensconced on that plane, Fox News and the Wall Street Journal," as well as Fox radio. She said seats were also given to Obama's hometown papers, the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, which have not been traveling regularly with the candidate for budgetary reasons."

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"The McCain campaign has excluded two prominent critics, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and Time columnist Joe Klein, from its plane.

But Dunn insisted that editorial criticism was not a factor. She said her staff is working with the excluded reporters to find them hotel accommodations if they can catch up with Obama on their own, and has offered them space on the plane of running mate Joe Biden. "It's not like we're trying to block coverage of our campaign," she said."

Link: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-tra...ml?hpid=topnews

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Danke schön, werter Reader! Wieder was gelernt!

Wups, doch noch ein Kommentar: während McCain "Columnists", also Kommentatoren rausgeworfen hat, waren es bei Obama Reporter. Das macht dann doch einen Unterschied. Bei Obama war Jonah Goldberg oder dergleichen wahrscheinlich von vornherein noch nie näher als zehn Meilen am Flugzeug dran.

Siehe auch den Satz direkt hinter meinem Kommentar aus der Washington Times:

Zitat von Washington Times

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The Times editorial page runs independently of the news department.

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