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David Brock & Media Matters
A shameless exploiter of his own misfortune in combat, a principal in a notorious Congressional corruption case, a politician who votes the party line 90% of the time, with an ego and temper that stands out even in Washington, D.C., McCain has nonetheless manipulated a pliable press to create the persona of a centrist who is above playing the dirty game of party politics. |
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In light of the recent dust-up involving The New York Times, this thoroughly researched account is must reading for anyone who finds attractive the maverick image of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Brock has, since his early career as a right wing muckraker, emerged as a hugely influential media watchdog, and here presents a devastating portrait, not so much of McCain, but of the gullibility and pack mentality of the American media. While McCain is by his own admission ignorant on economic matters and is as nuanced a thinker on foreign policy as W., he emerges in these pages as nothing short of brilliant in the role of cultivating a marketable image.