The New York Times revelations about possible improper relations between (R) candidate-nominee McCain and a (F) communications lobbyist, set off and fanned the flames of interest in another Washington sex scandal.
But really, there are those pundits who were willing to say, "What about the real story?"
Not the one where Senator McCain might have to plead with his wife on knees, or a la Kobe Bryant, with expensive new finger-candy, but whereby the administrative governance of the Federal Communications Commission along with big media may be jeopardized.
Chief among attractions to McCain candidacy for the nation's highest office comes with the sense that he is unassailably going to follow his own conscience, that he is virutally unapproachable to improper, or questionable influences.
The story behind the story, so to speak, gives the nation a chance to focus on his politics of values in practice: Will we get that - investigation, exploration, dialogue in our national or mainstream media?
I applaud the theme of Ryan Blethen's Friday Seattle Times (Feb. 29) opinion piece on the issue, Next FCC must grasp change - and truly understand history, as part of a follow-up installment in award-worthy series on media, The Democracy Papers.
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Journalism has three main Purposes: 1)to let people know 2)to build people opinion and 3)to keep the government works the way it has to be.
McCain use his power to aid his precidency campaign with unappropriate way. He use press to do his benefit.
I think it might become a gravel someday.
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