Politicians, the press and the truth

Here is the video we discussed in class of presidential candidate Mitt Romney mixing it up with Associated Press reporter Glen Johnson:

As we saw, Rachel Sklar couldn't get a word in edgewise on MSNBC. Well, you'll find her commentary critical of Johnson at the Huffington Post.

Interestingly enough, John McCain, renowned for his "straight talk," has now been credibly accused of telling a knowing untruth — in English, we call that "lying" — about Romney. The AP published a story the other day that Minneapolis Star-Tribune headlined "Romney didn't say what McCain says he said on withdrawing from Iraq."

And so it goes.