Summary
Last week, The New York Times published an explosive story about Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
That piece suggested that the Arizona senator had had an improper relationship with a female lobbyist. It also speculated that McCain may have used his position as then-chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee to aid the lobbyist's clients.See the full content of this document
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Mccain Story Fell Short of Paper's Standards
Our newsroom learned of this story about 8 p.m. Wednesday. After much internal discussion, we decided not to publish it in our Thursday newspaper. Today, I'd like to explain our reasons.
Word of the Times' story broke in the middle of our production cycle. This is a deadline-driven time when news stories go through a final edit and news pages are built by our copy desk. Everything is then sent electronically to our printing plant in South ...See the full content of this document
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