The Other Side of the McCain Lobbyist Scandal

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MCCAIN LOBBYIST SCANDAL
[SOURCE: The Nation, AUTHOR: Jerold M. Starr]
[Commentary] The leader of the campaign opposing the transfer of Pittsburgh's second public television station (Channel 16), along with $17.5 million, to a conservative televangelist ministry so that Paxson could expand his network into the Pittsburgh market knows that Sen John McCain (R-AZ) broke the rules while doing the bidding of media mogul Lowell "Bud" Paxson, a major contributor to McCain's 2000 presidential campaign. He writes, "McCain's staff lied it about it then and they are inventing new lies even now." At the time, McCain's staff said to the press that his intervention was appropriate because "there was no formal opposition" to the TV station sale. That was not true. The major reason the case took so long -- McCain's stated reason for pushing for a decision -- is the well-documented presentation by Starr's campaign that Cornerstone was not qualified to run our educational broadcasting station.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080317/starr