The WaPo also got it wrong on McCain story

Washington Times:

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Separately, The Washington Post reported yesterday on Mr. McCain's dealings with the lobbyist and on two letters he wrote to the Federal Communications Commission in 1999 seeking action on a Pittsburgh television station sale she was lobbying for. At the time, Mr. McCain was chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which had oversight over the FCC.

But Lanny Davis, a former special adviser to President Clinton and longtime Democratic activist, who was lobbying on the same deal, said the charges were meritless and Mr. McCain actually refused the lobbying team's request for an elaborate letter to the FCC supporting the proposed sale of a television station.

Mr. Davis said the likely Republican presidential nominee would only write a "neutral" letter inquiring about the status of a communication company's effort to buy the station. In the letter, Mr. McCain only urged the FCC to act "soon."

"It is sad and unfortunate that facts are not included to make a fair story and that good journalism rules were not followed," said Mr. Davis, who emphasized he doesn't support the Arizona senator's presidential bid.

Mr. Davis said The Post's article omitted comments he gave a reporter four weeks ago when asked about the likelihood Mr. McCain aided a lobbyist. He also said the paper disregarded quotes it previously published from him that defended Mr. McCain's actions. Mr. Davis said the New York Times never contacted him.

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Mr. Black also said Mr. McCain's Senate office chief of staff reviewed the records for a three-year period to determine how Mr. McCain had positioned himself on issues in which the lobby firm was involved.

"McCain was against them on two-thirds of those issues," he said. "They don't have a single one where it looks like McCain did them a single favor."

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In the securities business this is known as the fraudulent failure to disclose material facts. In the news business it is known as "news judgment."

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