McCain's 'Litigator' of Media Wrongs

Mark Salter is an angry man. He has increasingly despaired that nothing he and other McCain aides have tried to do has really changed the tone of the campaign's overall coverage, or McCain's fortunes. This past year, he says, has revealed two sets of media coverage: a long-running valentine for Sen Barack Obama (D-IL), and a far more critical look at Sen John McCain (R-AZ) that has obscured his accomplishments and his campaign's good days. As the campaign has entered its final phase, Salter's role as what he calls the "litigator" of media atrocities has only increased. He often wanders to the back of the campaign plane to challenge reporters on their stories and always to reinforce the McCain narrative.