While McCain attacks continue, Fox News, CNN assert as fact that McCain "suspended" his campaign

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from Media Matters: http://mediamatters.org/items/200809250020?f=h_latest


Fox News and CNN news anchors continue to assert that Sen. John McCain has "suspended" his campaign, even though McCain campaign surrogates continue to appear on cable news networks attacking Sen. Barack Obama.

On Fox News and CNN, several news anchors have asserted as fact that Sen. John McCain "suspended" his presidential campaign, even though McCain campaign surrogates continue to appear on cable news networks attacking Sen. Barack Obama, and McCain's television campaign ads have aired on affiliates of broadcast networks the same morning.

Additionally, in a September 25 entry on the Huffington Post, reporter Sam Stein stated that he "called up 15 McCain-Palin and McCain Victory Committee headquarters in various battleground states. Not one said that it was temporarily halting operations because of the supposed 'suspension' in the campaign."



from Huff Po: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/mccain-campaign-still-act_n_129327.html

John McCain declared on Wednesday that he would suspend his run for the White House and return to Washington to help resolve the country's economic crisis. But while the candidate himself left the trail, the campaign itself is decidedly still open for business.

Across the country, McCain campaign offices are up and running, accepting volunteers, conducting phone banking, literature dropping and other GOTV activities. This held true on a local, state, and even regional level. The Huffington Post called up 15 McCain-Palin and McCain Victory Committee headquarters in various battleground states. Not one said that it was temporarily halting operations because of the supposed "suspension" in the campaign. Several, in fact, enthusiastically declared the continuation of their work. Others hadn't even heard that the candidate for whom they were devoting their time had officially stopped campaigning.

McCain, clearly, may be leaving the campaign trail - in addition to removing his television advertisement from the air - but the campaign itself rages on. Earlier in the day, Greg Sargent at Talking Points Memo reported that aides to the Senator had gone on cable news, Thursday, to deliver attacks against Barack Obama. Jake Tapper at ABC, meanwhile, reported that when McCain and Obama met President Bush in the White House today, it was the Republican who brought with him a campaign aide and the still-campaigning Democrat who brought along a Senate staffer . . . more

[lpbk2713]

1. He "suspended" while at full trot with his tail between his legs

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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2. He hasn't 'suspended' at all

[alstephenson]

3. I thought he was halting all advertising???

I saw a McCain ad on TV this morning. I'm in Arizona. WTF???

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4. lot's of reports like that from around the country today

[Contrary1]

5. This phenomenon was just explained by a McCainbot on CNN...

"You just can't snap your fingers and make all these ads disappear."

I kid you not.

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6. they shouldn't have lied and said they would

cretins