Author: Aaron
On Friday, the McCain sent an Op-ed article written by Senator McCain to the New York Times. However the New York Times told the McCain campaign that they would not publish the article since no new information was revealed in the letter. McCain sent the letter (which dealt greatly with the war in Iraq) in response to a letter that Senator Obama wrote to the Times, which of course was published.
New York Times op-ed editor David Shipley told the McCain Campaign “I’d be very eager to publish the Senator on the op-ed page. However, I’m not going to be able to accept this piece as currently written. I’d be pleased, though, to look at another draft. Let me suggest an approach…It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama’s piece. To that end, the article would have to articulate, in concrete terms, how Senator McCain defines victory in Iraq. It would also have to lay out a clear plan for achieving victory — with troops levels, timetables and measures for compelling the Iraqis to cooperate. And it would need to describe the Senator’s Afghanistan strategy, spelling out how it meshes with his Iraq plan.”
Shipley would only publish an article that he approved and expressed what he thought the American people wanted to hear. Shipley did an excellent job of violating freedom of speech and in that regard violating the freedom of speech of a Presidential Candidate. Shipley clearly supports Barack Obama and therefore did not want the American people to see a constructive opinion on how to win the war in Iraq. The New York Times should be ashamed of itself and in some regard has lost much credibility in its ability to display unbiased news rather than running as a Pro Obama newspaper.
They’re not trying to “Censor” him. They’re trying to get him to say something worth printing.