[the invisib1e hand]

once again, the story is not the story, it's the media. the media is the story.

the media and its smoke and mirrors.

I never understood what Marshal McLuhan meant when he said "the media is the message." Now I think I might be getting it.

[Kay Ludlow]

once again, the story is not the story, it's the media. the media is the story. the media and its smoke and mirrors.

That's the fun thing about this story - it's what it says about the NYT, not what it says about McCain.

[patriciaruth]

I thought it was "the medium is the message". Or another way to say it is that the way you dress says a lot about you. Or people do judge a book by its cover. Or birds of a feather flock together.