What people are saying about Free Ride

April 21, 2008

  • Pam's House Blend: "The mainstream media's love affair with John McCain"

April 19, 2008

  • LiberalOasis: Free Ride: John McCain and the Media - Also on LeftWord

April 18, 2008

  • No More Mister Nice Blog: DO JOURNALISTS FOLLOW SURROGATES' LEADS? YES, BUT ONLY AGAINST DEMOCRATS
  • Where's the Outrage: "Free Ride: John McCain and the Media"

April 17, 2008

  • Firedoglake: "McCain's Cronies: Busting Media Myths on McCain's Lobbyist Hypocrisy" - Also on Huffington Post
  • Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud: Top Ten John McCain Myths
  • Democrashield: More Of Our Ridiculous Discourse (UPDATED)
  • Main St. USA: "Free Ride McCain"

April 16, 2008

  • ScottsBigMouth "McCain's 'Free Ride' With the Media On Trial in New Book"

April 14, 2008

  • Burnt Orange Report: "John McCain's Mythical Integrity"
  • Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud: Top Ten John McCain Myths
  • Progress Ohio: "Free Ride: John McCain and the Media"

April 13, 2008

  • Daily Kos: "Book Review: David Brock's and Paul Waldman's 'Free Ride' "
  • VOT3R: Book Review: David Brock's and Paul Waldman's "Free Ride"
  • Bleeding Heartland: We welcome your book reviews at Bleeding Heartland

April 12, 2008

  • Daily Kos: "Sunday Talk -- Love Affair"

April 11, 2008

  • Daily Kos: "Open Thread"
  • Progress Ohio: "Prog Picks: Two Books Launch on the Media and Many Faces of John McCain"
  • Down With Tyranny!: Media Will Defend McCain Against Flip Flopper Charges Because They Were the Ultimate Victims & They Look Like Idiots for Falling for his Siren Song"

April 10, 2008

  • Left in the West: "Looking Closer at McCain's Character"
  • Uprising Radio: "Does McCain Get a Free Ride from the Media?"
  • Andrew Sullivan is a Fraud: "Top Ten John McCain Myths"

April 9, 2008

  • Uprising Radio: "April 10, 2008"

April 8, 2008

  • Daily Kos: The Real John McCain
  • Think Youth: Aircraft Manufacturers Love McCain - Also at Joshua Davis Photography

April 7, 2008

  • Crooks and Liars: "Free Ride: The McCain Media Myth #5"
  • GoLeft TV: John McCain’s Free Ride
  • Gokubi.com: Lobbyists and Visualizing Relationships
  • Rise Above: Of course Theodore Roosevelt is one of McCain’s heroes, he interned in his White House
  • Andrew Sullivan is a Fraud: Top Ten John McCain Myths
  • Tech President: "Daily Digest: Rest in Peace, Ron Paul Graphs!"

April 6, 2008

  • Our Land of Enchantment: NOT McCain - please! Why not? - Part one
  • Notas ao café: Hillary não desiste
  • Where's the Outrage?: McCain Fun Facts
  • DownWithTyranny!: Is There Really Anything Wrong with John W. McCain? Glad You Asked -- The Media Doesn't

April 5, 2008

  • Open Left: "Book Salon -- Free Ride: John McCain and the Media, with co-author Paul Waldman" - Also on Left Word
  • Democracy Upside Down: "Media Infatuation with McCain: Muskrat Love?"

April 4, 2008

  • Open Left: "Book Review -- Free Ride: John McCain and the Media" - Also posted at Left Word

April 3, 2008

  • Open Left: "The McCain Reformer Myth"
  • Minnesota Monitor: Why Do Reporters Love McCain? It's The Cynicism, Stupid
  • Andrew Sullivan is a Fraud: "OK So I Lied...Wiretapping And Another Top Ten McCain Myth"
  • The Mario Solis Marich Show: "Author Paul Waldman will be on the Mario Solis Marich Show today"
  • Liberal Candy: "If one more person calls McCain a "moderate" I will scream"

April 2, 2008

  • Sage of Springfield: "John McCain Getting a Free Ride by the media?"
  • Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud: "McCain's Lobbyist Connections"

April 1, 2008

  • D-Day: Surely Knows More
  • Carapace: Tuesday April 1, 2008 - April Fool!

March 31, 2008

  • Hullabaloo: "Party Crashers"
  • PressThink: The Love Affair Between McCain and the Press Sprains the Brain of the Liberal Blogosphere - Also posted on Media Channel
    And on Huffington Post
  • Know The Lies: "McCain's 'Maverick' Myth Is the Media's Creation"
  • Democrashield: "John McCain & Lobbyists"
  • Fold/Spindle/Mutilate 2.0: "Excerpt from Free Ride: John McCain and the Media"
  • News2U Media: "McCain's 'Maverick' Myth Is the Media's Creation"
  • Andrew Sullivan is a Fraud: "Top Ten John McCain Myths"
  • Random Thoughts From Reno: "More Campaign Notes"
  • Marc Lamont Hill: "The Real McCain"

March 30, 2008

  • Down With Tyranny: "Why is the Washington Post Shoving John McCain Down America's Throat"

March 29, 2008

  • Blast Off!: Eschacon08: Media Bias (refresh for updates)

March 28, 2008

  • Firedoglake: "FDL Book Salon Welcomes David Brock and Paul Waldman"
  • The Carpetbagger Report: "Free Ride Myth #2: McCain the Moderate"
  • Mercury Rising: "C'mon And Take a Free Ride"
  • AFL-CIO Weblog: "Exposing McCain's Free Ride"
  • b12 Solipsism: "McCain is No Moderate"
  • Labor Union Blog: "Exposing McCain's Free Ride"
  • Andrew Sullivan is a Fraud: "Top Ten John McCain Myths"
  • Beth's Blog: The McCain-Lobbyist Connection
  • Straight.com: Republican John McCain Gets A Free Ride From The Media
  • Liberadio(!):Liberadio(!) Podcast: March 24, 2008 Episode
  • Mercury Rising: "C'mon And Take a Free Ride"
  • AFL-CIO Weblog: "Exposing McCain's Free Ride"
  • b12 Solipsism: "McCain is No Moderate"
  • Labor Union Blog: "Exposing McCain's Free Ride"
  • Andrew Sullivan is a Fraud: "Top Ten John McCain Myths"

March 27, 2008

  • Java: "Media Myths of McCain"

March 26, 2008

  • Seth Anderson: "Maverick Myths"
  • Vox Verax: "John Mccain and the Media"
  • ConWebBlog: One Free Ride, Coming Right Up

March 25, 2008

  • Seevs Place: "McCain's Free Ride"
  • Eschaton: Free Ride
  • Eschaton: Simple Answers To Simple Questions
  • SeevsPlace: McCain's Free Ride
  • Comedian For President: John McCain And The Free Media Ride
  • Progress Action Now: "McCain's free ride")
  • The Huffington Post: Free Ride: Inside the Media's Love Affair with McCain
  • Fishbowl DC: "MediaMatters: The Media Give McCain A Free Ride"
  • Progress Action Now: "McCain's free ride"
  • MyDD: "John McCain's Free Ride"
  • Progress Ohio: "Media Myths of McCain"
  • Progress Ohio: "A "Taxing" Question For The Media: Why Hasn't John McCain Released His Tax Returns?"
  • Oliver Willis: "John McCain's Free Ride With The Media"

March 23, 2008

  • New York Post: The 'Cain Mutiny - Stirring up rebellion against the 'straight talking' man

March 22, 2008

  • Dayton Daily News: Are the media giving John McCain a free ride?

March 13, 2008

  • Talk Nation Radio: John McCain's Free Ride with the US Media

February 24, 2008

  • Count Me Blue: New Book: McCain's free ride in the media

February 23, 2008

  • Crooks and Liars: Free Ride: John McCain and the Media

February 22, 2008

  • Newsweek: McCain's ‘Free Ride' - A critic on the senator's cozy ties to the press corps

February 19, 2008

  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: McCain held to different standard by media

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