Steve Schmidt: The New York Times Is Not A Journalistic Organization



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Perceptions of the media and how the Chattering Classes play in small towns has been a key part of Steve Schmidt's McCain strategy. Right before Governor Palin's speech at the Republican Convention, Schmidt set the stage by telling WasPo's Howie Kurtz that the news media was "on a mission Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. He continues the strategy. From Politico:

"Steve Schmidt, a McCain campaign senior adviser, declared on a conference call with reporters Monday that The New York Times 'is not a journalistic organization.'

"'Whatever The New York Times once was, it is today not by any standard a journalistic organization,' Schmidt said. 'It is a pro-Obama advocacy organization that every day impugns the McCain campaign, attacks Senator McCain, attacks Governor [Sarah Palin]. It excuse Senator Obama. …

"Everything that is read in The New York Times that attacks this campaign should be evaluated by the American people from that perspective – that it is an organization that has made a decision to deemphasize its journalistic integrity and tradition, to advocate for the defeat of one candidate – in this case, John McCain – and to advocate for the election of the other candidate, Barack Obama.'"

Senator McCain has also called MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski as being in the tank for Senator Obama.