It wouldn’t surprise if this had no effect at all. MSM may not want to run this story because it does raise the specter of black on white violence, even though it turned out to be a hoax. They think most Americans are pretty stupid, and if they run the story, a lot of us will get the facts mixed up, or not hear all of the facts, so that we end up thinking that a black man attacked a white woman. That’s just my guess; we’ll see what happens.
Let me try this again: I wouldn’t be surprised if this had no effect at all on the McCain campaign. MSM may not want to run this story because it does raise the specter of black on white violence, even though it turned out to be a hoax. They think most Americans are pretty stupid, and if they run the story, a lot of us will get the facts mixed up, or not hear all of the facts, so that we end up thinking, incorrectly, that a black man, as an Obama supporter, attacked a white woman. That’s just my guess; we’ll see what happens.