Opinion L.A.: Did we get McCain’s immigration stance wrong?
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Opinion L.A. does some soul-searching this morning on whether The Times was among many news outlets that have given readers only a partial view of John McCain’s immigration views, according to a Media Matters report.
‘Now McCain’s flip-flopping on immigration is a topic we report on with borderline obsessiveness at Opinion L.A., and in particular we watch for shifting definitions of ‘comprehensive’ in the McCain vocabulary. I’d also note that McCain got a special grilling over the whole not-voting-for-his-own-bill topic at The Times-sponsored Republican debate this year. Nevertheless, Media Matters is correct that in the specific story it cites, Times reporters Maeve Reston, Noam N. Levey and Scott Martelle noted only that McCain ‘has a record of pushing immigration overhaul’ in the context of describing his possible advantages in the Western states.’
-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City