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Media props
The Reaction — By Creature Here are two examples, yes two, of the media doing its job. It's a shame I'm so impressed because reporting should always look like this. First we have Campbell Brown refusing to take spin for an answer from McCain spokesperson Tucker Bounds [h/t TPM]: Next--from ABC News, no less--is Brian Ross exposing the lie that the GOP is on respectful footing as a hurricane lashes America [h/t watertiger]: ...

T's Uncrossed, I's Undotted
Obsidian Wings — ... The contradiction is starting to bear some poisonous fruit. Check out (via TPM) this Campbell Brown interview of Tucker Bounds, a McCain spokesperson. What’s particularly noteworthy is that Brown is basically laughing at him — taunting him. The press seems to think this is a joke, and the coverage will start reflecting that. ...

Hullabaloo — ... What's notable is that the media is asking the question of if she'll be removed from the ticket. It's not a far reach to go from if to when. When the traditional media smells blood in the water, ideology goes out the window. Check out Campbell Brown, married to Coalition Provisional Authority spokesman Dan Senor Campbell Brown, eviscerating a McCain spokesman. ...

McCain Cancels CNN Interview As Punishment For Criticizing Palin
TPM Election Central — ... CNN just reported that the campaign has cancelled a scheduled interview with Larry King due to an unfriendly segment last night on CNN -- the segment we flagged last night where the network's Campbell Brown grilled McCain spokesperson Tucker bounds over Sarah Palin's lack of foreign policy experience. ...

Infuriated About Tough CNN Interview, McCain Cancels Larry King Appearance
Think Progress — ... Yesterday, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds appeared on CNN for an interview with Campbell Brown. Brown was tough on Bounds, refusing to let him spout typical campaign talking points. She repeatedly pressed him on Palin’s foreign policy experience and qualifications, asking him to name one decision that she made as commander-in-chief of the Alaskan National Guard. Bounds was unable to do so. ...

McCain Spokesman Spanked on Fox 'News' (of All Places) for Lies About Obama Tax Plan
The BRAD BLOG — ... Wow. Poor Tucker Bounds. First CNN's right-leaning Campbell Brown (she's married to Bush Admin loyalist/lacky Dan Senor, despite the fact that CNN rarely, if ever, discloses that serious conflict of interest) committed a rare act of actual journalism by asking Bounds what foreign affairs experience Sarah Palin had. The McCain/Palin shill had nothing, and embarrassed himself under Brown's repeated, and responsible, prodding. So the McCain camp subsequently ...