Associated Press Hearts McCain

Apr 28, 7:10 PM EDT

RNC demands networks yank McCain ad

MIAMI (AP) -- The Republican National Committee demanded Monday that television networks stop running a television ad by the Democratic Party that falsely suggests John McCain wants a 100-year war in Iraq.

Note the Associated Press perspective here. They state as fact that the Democratic ad is false. In addition, they state as fact that the Democrats "falsely" claim that John McCain "wants a 100-year war in Iraq."

In truth, the ad DOES NOT say that McCain wants a "100-year war in Iraq." The ad DOES include a clip of McCain speaking in January. In the clip, McCain responds to a question about President Bush's suggestion that the US military could be in Iraq for 50 years:

"Maybe 100. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed, that'd be fine with me, and I hope it would be fine with you, if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaida is training, recruiting, equipping and motivating people every single day."

So, the ad is TRUE -- it says McCain suggested staying in Iraq for a hundred years, and it includes McCain actually saying he suggests staying in Iraq for a hundred years. In addition, the ad does not say McCain wants a "100-year war" in Iraq, as the AP claims.

With news outlets bending over backwards like this for McCain as a matter of habit, I really don't see how anyone can seriously argue that the problem with "the media" is that it has a "liberal bias."