John McCain's new web video features clips of cable television talking heads blushing with love for the Illinois senator. Most of it is aimed at MSNBC and NBC News, which Hillary Clinton's campaign complained lavished praise on Obama while nit-picking her errors and throwing sexist language at her.
Conservative Fox News Channel makes only one appearance, with anchor Steve Doocy asking Clinton cheerleader Terry McAuliffe to weigh in the media's love of Obama.
My guess is McCain hopes to stir up the conservative outrage squad with this, just as it did when it released word the New York Times would not print the senator's Iraq op-ed without revisions.
Is it true? I think so. Relevant? Less clear.
Reporters who travel with McCain (myself included) find him personable, witty and accessible. He gives reporters much more face time than Obama does. But his campaign has no compelling narrative and his background and persona are not as gripping as Obama's. Plus, readers are more interested in Obama than in McCain, who has been a household name at least since 2000.
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