Alternate Reality (Updated x 2)

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Delaware is a funny state.   We don’t get live coverage of our gubernatorial debates like Pennsylvania and New Jersey do, so we have to trust what we read in the newspaper, unless we actually attend the event ourselves.   And our only major (if you can call it major) is the Wilmington News Journal.

Last night, three of the four candidates for Governor, Jack Markell, John Carney and Mike Protack, attended a debate in Dover.   Naturally, this morning’s lead story in the News Journal concerns that debate and the news about prison healthcare that emerged from the debate.  This post is not about that news.  It is about how the News Journal covers this story.

Read this follwing blurb below the fold and tell me how many candidates you think attended the debate last night.

Yeah, He’s A Liar

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The Washington Post headline is not as strong as I might like, but it says what needs saying: McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence.

For four days, Sen. John McCain and his allies have accused Sen. Barack Obama of snubbing wounded soldiers by canceling a visit to a military hospital because he could not take reporters with him, despite no evidence that the charge is true.

And the WaPo is not alone — Time Magazine’s Karen Tumulty also notes that the McCain folks made up their accusation, as does (believe it or not) Andrea Mitchell, who on multiple MSNBC programs has pretty clearly stated that the McCain ad is utterly false: