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McCain Slams Door on Media Straight Talk

Posted Aug 4, 08 2:51 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – John McCain has taken to emphasizing short sit-downs with local reporters over interaction with the journalists assigned to his campaign, a move that's irking regulars accustomed to plenty of access, Howard Kurtz reports for the Washington Post. McCain strategists say too much media access was preventing their campaign from carving out a message, but now the candidate is having trouble making the news.

"With each bus trip, everyone's filing a blog report, every little thing is picked up and off it goes," says John Dickerson of Slate. "It certainly takes him off message." On the trail in 2000, McCain was known for casual conversations with journalists in the back of his campaign bus, the Straight Talk Express. Last week, national correspondents traveling with the presumptive nominee had to wait 4 days to ask a question.

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks with reporters aboard his campaign bus as he drives to the airport in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, July 15, 2008.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., waves to people on the street after holding a press conference outside Schmidt's Fudge Haus in Columbus, Ohio.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
John McCain campaign Nicolle Wallace, center, speaks with reporters aboard the Straight Talk Air campaign charter flight. Wednesday, July 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Cindy and John McCain meet the press aboard his campaign plane.   (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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