New York Times reporter Michael Powell asserts that John McCain is borrowing rhetoric from Barack Obama. Yet in his only example, he shows that McCain is borrowing from himself:
Mr. McCain admits to admiring Mr. Obama’s appeal as a “wonderful thing” and has taken to borrowing a line or three. He has been channeling Mr. Obama, calling on Americans to “serve a cause greater than their self-interest,” a theme from his campaign in 2000.
Indeed it is a theme from McCain’s 2000 campaign. So why does Powell say that McCain is “channeling Mr. Obama”?
Rick in Duxbury
““Kids are the best at telling who’s a liar, who’s phony,” Mr. Nance said. “He really inspires me to stand up and fight. There’s something different about him, you know.”Bummer. That 30+ years of voting (and vetting) has been a waste, I guess. Now that he mentions it, I DID know everything when I was “a kid”.
Jon Garfunkel
Wow, ten people shared the credit for that article! (er, what do you call the “additional reporting” line? the “bo-line”?)I’m surprised that you didn’t say that Michael Powell channelled Jacob Weisberg. He posted a similar article last night in Slate.Also, every few years some armchair media critics beg the Times to get with the program and add a two-line bio for each reporter. The reader should be informed that this Michael Powell shouldn’t be confused with any of these Michael Powells, including the former FCC Chairman.