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	<title><![CDATA[The Media, Obama, Iraq]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-mcquaid/the-media-obama-iraq_b_114266.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Why have the media been so <a href="http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16264.html">reluctant</a> to <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/204933.php">acknowledge</a> Iraqi PM Maliki's all-but endorsement of Obama's Iraq plans? Only now, after three days of faux-controversy, are they <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/us/politics/22assess.html">getting it right</a>.</p>

<p>There's the standard left-blogosphere explanation, which I think is pretty accurate: the media grant more credibility to Republicans in general and John McCain in particular on matters of foreign policy and terrorism. Obama's margin for error on these things with the press is razor-thin. McCain, meanwhile, can </p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-07-30T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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