Posted on 11/06/2004 2:41:44 PM PST by tvn
What did Newsweek know — and when did the magazine know it?
Barely 24 hours after the polls closed Tuesday, the newsweekly came out with its special election edition, chock-full of fascinating behind-the-scenes tidbits culled by a team of reporters during the lengthy campaign.
After clinching the Democratic nomination, Newsweek reports, John Kerry was so desperate to enlist GOP Sen. John McCain as his running mate that he made an "outlandish" offer: He'd expand the role of vice president to include the duties of secretary of Defense.
Moreover, Kerry — seeking the presidency in a time of grave international danger — promised to put McCain in charge of all U.S. foreign policy should they win.
"You're out of your mind," McCain reportedly told Kerry. "I don't even know if it's constitutional."
No, one lesson here is that he is so utterly devoid of moral fiber that he'd trade away the heart and soul of the presidency in order to win the office in the first place.
Truly, America dodged a bullet this past Tuesday.
But how close would that election have been had the voters known that such an offer had been contemplated — much less made?
Not very, we guess.
So why did Newsweek sit on the news for all those months?
Because the magazine promised the campaigns that anything obtained by this team of journalists during the course of the campaign would go unreported until the election was over.
Promises are promises, but whatever happened to what, under different circumstances, Newsweek and similar publications would herald as "the public's right to know"?
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I've only seen what was online, when they were following Kerry around after the primaries. Kerry came across as a total jerk and a spoiled little child.
I had the same thoughts. Why did they wait all this time before they published this?
The reporter's explanation is that there was an agreement amongst the candidates that if Newsweek was allowed behind the scenes access, that they would not report on anything until after the election. Otherwise, the reporters would not have had as much access.
McCain should have blown the whistle on that idiot. He got too damn close to being President.
Not anymore; not at Newsweek.
That's gonna leave a mark.
It's totally irrelevent because Kerry never made a promise he kept.
This is all very reminiscent of the "No Blood for Ratings" debacle with CNN.
That should take McCain out of the running in 2008.
Newsweek gave their promise and should have done exactly what they did, kept it.
I agree. I give 10-to-1 odds, however, that they wouldn't have kept such a promise to the Bush team.
The media have now set themselves up as priests in the confessional. It isn't surprising, as socialism is (mostly) their religion, and every religion has its own precepts.
You're probably right. Something whould have leaked out accidentally.
The Mcainiac telling another politician they're "Out of their mind," is absolutely hilarious!
What's so interesting about McCain's quote is how he leaves the door open with, "I don't even know if it's constitutional."
Understood. . .and if Bush and his team had that same arrangement with the media I am sure the media would have held off on anything that might derail a Bush election. . . .I sure they would. . .I'm convinced of it. . .whaaa. . .what are those men in white coats doing here. . .arrrgghhh. . .that needle hurt. . .drozy. . .sleepy
Umm like I said, as much as I loath Newsweek. Let's keep it real. They did have a team with Bush. I didn't hear anything leak. Did you?
If Bush had made a similar offer to Lieberman, as a matter of fact if Bush had even THOUGHT about it, Newsleak would have put it on its front page.
F*** Liberal Media.
You have a point.
That promise kept Newsweek from verifying exactly what the Swiftees claimed, from exposing the fact that "respected" historian Brinkley never revealed in his book what he later confided to Sen. Edwards about Kerry's meeting with Vietnamese terrorists. I think Edwards' reaction pretty well mirrored what the public's reaction was. But Edwards wasn't getting "propaganda," he was getting truth as reported by the biographer.
What about "coordination" between 527s & Kerry's campaign? What about "coordination" between the major media & Kerry's campaign? What about John McCain's exceedingly cooperative staff? What about McCain's assessment of vets he KNEW, beyond a shadow of a doubt, were telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
STINKS just doesn't cover it.
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