Media Matters - What is said and what is not said

CNN, NY Times quote McCain attacking Obama over vote ratings, but don't report that McCain missed too many votes to draw score
CNN's Kiran Chetry aired and The New York Times quoted Sen. John McCain's statement that "[i]t's not an accident [Sen. Barack Obama] has, I think, according to the National Journal,
the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate. I have one
of the most conservative," but neither mentioned that the Journal's ratings did not include McCain because he "did not vote frequently enough in 2007 to draw a composite score." Read More