New York Times Story on McCain

Feb 22, 2008

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Brent Bozell talked about the New York Times article concerning presidential candidate John McCain's supposed dealings with a lobbyist in 1999 and whether the media reaction was appropriate. Mr. Bozell feels the article was a politically-motivated hit job. He also talked about Senator McCain's need for support from conservative talk shows. .. Read More
Brent Bozell talked about the New York Times article concerning presidential candidate John McCain's supposed dealings with a lobbyist in 1999 and whether the media reaction was appropriate. Mr. Bozell feels the article was a politically-motivated hit job. He also talked about Senator McCain's need for support from conservative talk shows. He responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

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00:00:16 Host WE WELCOME BRENT BOZELL FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, SIR,...
00:00:23 Guest HI, STEVE, HOW ARE YOU?
00:00:27 Host -- BILL KELLER SAYING THE INTENT AND TIMING OF THE STORY WAS YOU CAN'T LET THE ELECTORAL CALENDAR...
00:00:39 Guest I TELL YOU WHAT MY REACTION WAS. FIRST, I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THE McCAIN STAFF OR THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN,...
00:02:08 Host LET ME SHOW OUR AUDIENCE THE EDITORIAL PAGE OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES"," THERE ARE FOUR EDITORIALS, NO...
00:02:42 Guest I THINK IT IS A HUGE EMBARRASSMENT AT THIS POINT FOR THE GRAY LADY. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT,...
00:03:12 Host THERE SA FOLLOW-UP FROM LIST BATH BUMILLER, WHO SAYS -- -- CAMPAIGN STRATEGY TO WAGE A WAR WITH THE...
00:03:42 Guest SHE'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT BE THE OLD THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND. JOHN McCAIN DOES HAVE PROBLEMS...
00:04:26 Host SO, TAKE ONE EXAMPLE. RUSH LIMBAUGH, WHO HAS BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF JOHN McCAIN, WHO HAS SAID THAT...
00:04:48 Guest I THINK THERE IS A BIT OF A SPLIT OPINION THERE. I DON'T LIKE SPEAKING FOR RUSH OR SEAN HANNITY OR...
00:05:05 Host -- TO JOHN McCAIN TO BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE PRESS IN.
00:05:09 Guest TO BEING TOO CLOSE TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES" FOR CURRYING FAVOR WITH "THE NEW YORK TIMES." AT THE END...
00:05:43 Host IS RUSH LIMBAUGH AN INFLUENTIAL VOICE?
00:05:46 Guest YOU KNOW, STEVE, I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE PUNDITS AND QUOTE-UNQUOTE EXPERTS, A LOT OF THE EXPERTS...
00:06:51 Host SO, WHEN WILL JOHN McCAIN APPEAR ON RUSH'S PROGRAM?
00:06:54 Guest YOU KNOW, IT'S, AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR RUSH LIMBAUGH OR ANYONE ELSE. I AM DISTRESSED BY THE ATTACKS...
00:08:35 Host OUR GUEST IS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER. WE WANT YOUR REACTION TO "THE NEW...
00:08:47 Caller GOOD MORNING. ABOUT THAT ARTICLE, I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY EVEN LISTENS TO "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AFTER...
00:09:53 Guest YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING, IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" ENJOYS TWO VERY DIFFERENT REPUTATIONS. WITHIN...
00:11:48 Host OUR GUEST A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY FOR BRENT BOZELL. GOOD MORNING....
00:11:54 Caller GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU DOING? I FEEL LIKE "THE NEW YORK TIMES" IS DOING WHAT THEY DO AND THAT'S...
00:12:42 Guest WELL, I'LL COMMENT ON THIS. I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING, THAT IT WAS A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO SELL...
00:14:02 Host THIS IS A STORY YESTERDAY, THERE IS A FOLLOW-UP AND REACTION TO THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN BUT THERE IS NO...
00:14:15 Guest WELL, HER'S THE PROBLEM. I'VE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY GRALDO RIVERA LAST NIGHT WAS SAYING, CERTAINLY...
00:14:44 Host THE FORMER SPEECH WRITER TO PRESIDENT BUSH WRITES IN THE "WASHINGTON POST" FROM THE OP ED THE FINAL...
00:15:02 Guest HE COULDN'T PUT IT ANY BETTER. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT COMING AT THIS AS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN....
00:15:19 Host NEXT CALL, LOUISIANA, FOR BRENT BOZELL, GOOD MORNING.
00:15:21 Caller YES. YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION THEN ON IS THERE MORE. AND I WILL ASK YOU TWO OTHER QUESTIONS,...
00:15:44 Host THE ANSWER IS YES.
00:15:46 Caller -- 20 MILLION PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET AMNESTY. LOOK INTO THIS TELEVISION AND TELL ME WHAT IT'S GOING...
00:16:33 Host THANK YOU FOR THE CALL. AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP LAST NIGHT. DID YOU SEE THE DEBATE?
00:16:40 Guest I WATCHED SNIPPETS ON IT LATER IN THE NEWS, THAT'S ALL I SAW.
00:16:45 Host AND ISSUES ON AMNESTY IN.
00:16:47 Guest WELL HERE, LET ME ADDRESS ANOTHER THING FIRST HE ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT A BIRACIAL MARRIAGE. YOU...
00:17:53 Host HERE'S AN E-MAIL BASED ALONG THOSE LINES EXPLAIN YOUR STATEMENT THAT JOHN McCAIN CAN'T WIN THE ELECTION...
00:18:02 Guest THEY DO. AND YOU HAD MULTIPLE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES WHO SPLIT THE CONSERVATIVE VOTE AND HE RAN...
00:19:20 Host THE HIRING OF ATTORNEY ROBERT BENNETT WHO APPEARED ON THE CABLE SHOWS YESTERDAY AND "TODAY SHOW" YESTERDAY...
00:19:40 Guest WELL, IF THERE IS AN ALLEGATION OF IMPROPRIETY THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT BY A NEWSPAPER NEWSPAPER,...
00:20:02 Host NEXT CALL IS FROM ALLENTOWN, NEW JERSEY. GOOD MORNING.
00:20:06 Caller GOOD MORNING. MR. BOZELL.
00:20:08 Guest YES, MA'AM.
00:20:09 Caller YOU JUST MADE A COMMENT ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS NOT BEING ABLE TO WIN WITHOUT THE BASE. I AM A MODERATE...
00:21:06 Host CALLER, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR AT THIS POINT?
00:21:09 Caller WELL, IF IT'S HILLARY CLINTON, I WILL VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON. OR JOHN McCAIN. IF IT'S JOHN McCAIN...
00:21:32 Host THANKS FOR THE CALL. THERE IS A RELATED E-MAIL FROM A PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENT ITS PRIMARY SET FOR APRIL...
00:22:00 Guest I'M HEARING THAT SENTIMENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE ARE SAYING TO ME, I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE, WHY...
00:23:28 Host TUCSON, ARIZONA GOOD MORNING.
00:23:30 Caller GOOD MORNING. I'M A RESIDENT OF TUCSON, ARIZONA AND A CONSTITUENT OF SENATOR McCAIN SINCE 2001. IT...
00:25:10 Host THANK YOU FOR THE CALL.
00:25:12 Guest I'LL MAKE A COUPLE POINTS NUMBER ONE, I BELIEVE THERE OUGHT TO BE SCRUTINY OF ALL THE CANDIDATES....
00:26:42 Host THAT STORY IS AGAIN THIS MORNING AND THE JUMP PAGE A-8 IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT OR HAVE ACCESS...
00:26:56 Caller YES. I WAS CALLING ABOUT THE McCAIN STORY AND, YOU KNOW, VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE COVERED THE FACT THAT...
00:27:54 Host LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE FCC LETTER WHICH HE ADDRESSED IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE IN TOLEDO. HE SAID...
00:28:10 Caller IT COMES BACK TO WHEN YOU RECEIVE A LETTER, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, HE WROTE THAT LETTER...
00:28:20 Host SURE.
00:28:21 Caller YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T -- YOU KNOW, THEY ONE SUPPOSED TO INVESTIGATE DEMOCRATS IN ARIZONA...
00:28:33 Host THANKS FOR THE CALL.
00:28:35 Guest NO, SEE THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE KIND OF STORIES. LOOK AT THE WORDS WE'RE USING, CONFRONTED,...
00:29:43 Host ONE MORE CALL, MADISON, VIRGINIA, GOOD MORNING. QUICK QUESTION?
00:29:45 Caller HI. NOT A QUESTION.
00:29:47 Host OKAY.
00:29:48 Caller I WONDERED WHAT KIND OF OVERSIGHT OR MAYBE IF THERE IS NO OVERSIGHT, THIS IS REFERRING TO THE JOHN...
00:30:29 Host THANKS FOR THE CALL. IT WAS MSNBC, DAVID SHUSTE REDS, NOT THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
00:30:41 Guest -- LET'S REMEMBER ONE THING, I LOVE PARAPHRASING WINSTON CHURCHILL ON THIS WHEN HE SAID DEMOCRACY...
00:31:11 Host DO YOU THINK BILL KELLER AS EDITOR OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WILL FACE REPERCUSSIONS FROM THIS?
00:31:16 Guest HE HAS A PROBLEM. THE REPORTS CAME OUT YESTERDAY HE WAS OPPOSED TO THIS STORY AND HE FOUGHT AGAINST...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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