During a story about pop culture's role in the presidential campaign, Brian Stelter made a parenthetical reference (in italics below) to McCain being out of touch with modern life:
Mr. McCain’s fondness for “The Office” seems sincere. The next day he seemed slightly star-struck upon meeting B. J. Novak, a writer and actor on the show, at a gala sponsored by Time magazine. Mr. McCain started rattling off the details of “Dinner Party,” a recent episode that he apparently enjoyed and remembered.
Mr. McCain explained that he used a Comcast service to record the shows. (An aide reminded him that it is called a digital video recorder.)
It's one thing to have a straight out coverage of McCain's age (Will McCain Struggle With Seniors?), it's quite another to have references to his being out of touch as throwaway asides in stories about other things.
Do you think the 'McCain is old' meme has already taken hold or is this an example of a meme starting to gel? So that we can better track this, as you encounter other 'McCain is old' references, please send them along ...
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