1.0 link 128778 <![CDATA[Andrea Mitchell Compares McCain Press Treatment To North Korea, Syria]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/23/andrea-mitchell-compares_n_128778.html Tonight on the Rachel Maddow Show, NBC's Andrea Mitchell drew a line between the McCain campaign's unprecedented avoidance of the press and the restrictive practices in countries like North Korea and Syria.

Maddow recounted how McCain officials had refused to allow editorial reporters into meetings with Sarah Palin and foreign leaders today, and asked whether press access to such events was standard practice.

"It is standard practice," Mitchell responded. "It's standard for the White House, for the State Department....

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