A. Siegel: McCain campaign strategy working: media reporting "no difference" re Global Warming

A critical Republican campaign strategy is working when it comes to framing for the November election. Despite actual facts, media reporting increasingly reports that there is no difference of import between John "McSame" McCain and Barack Obama when it comes to the arenas of energy and Global Warming. Take David Kesterbaum's NPR report last week. If you are trying to figure out whom to vote for in the upcoming presidential race, the issue of climate change may not be much help. This is one area where both leading candidates for president do not have a lot to disagree about. Shallow, misinformed, and misleading reporting is about the most polite way to describe Kestenbaum's report which focuses solely on selected sound-bytes rather than the substance of the two candidates' positions. There are fundamental differences between... [read full story]