Today I review Free Ride: John McCain and the Media, by Media Matters guys David "Blinded by the Right" Brock and Paul "Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn from Conservative Success" Waldman. Opening graf:

For those of us who have been writing critically about John McCain over the years, keeping tabs on the 2008 presidential campaign through the media is a bit like getting your war news via Saddam Hussein's old information minister: The street names may be right, but the big picture looks funny.