Recently the New York Times ran an article suggesting that John McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, had a business relationship with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The McCain Campaign issued a fervent denial. Although I criticized the statement, the McCain Campaign did make a fantastic point:
The New York Times has never published a single investigative piece, factually correct or otherwise, examining the relationship between Obama campaign chief strategist David Axelrod, his consulting and lobbying clients, and Senator Obama. Likewise, the New York Times never published an investigative report, factually correct or otherwise, examining the relationship between Former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson and Senator Obama, who appointed Johnson head of his VP search committee, until the writing was on the wall and Johnson was under fire following reports from actual news organizations that he had received preferential loans from predatory mortgage lender Countrywide.
Why is this? Shouldn't the New York Times give Barack Obama equal time? Why haven't they?
