On the July 2 broadcast of Colorado's Morning News , Newsradio 850 KOA co-anchors Steffan Tubbs and Mark Johnson uncritically allowed their guest, Republican state Rep. Bob Gardner (Colorado Springs), to claim, in a reference to remarks that retired Gen. Wesley Clark made on the June 29 edition of CBS' Face the Nation , "Senator Obama has attacked the war record and service of Senator McCain over the past couple of days." Gardner added that "that was done by his surrogates, but I think it's been planned by the campaign so that he can sort of hide behind his own profession of patriotism while a very honorable and heroic American is attacked by his surrogates." As Colorado Media Matters noted after KOA host "Gunny" Bob Newman similarly misrepresented Clark's Face the Nation appearance, Clark did not "attack[]" McCain's service; he praised McCain as "a hero." From the July 2 broadcast of Newsradio 850 KOA's Colorado's Morning News : TUBBS: We had the story in the news of Barack Obama coming to Colorado today. Was it strategic in his choice to go down to Colorado Springs? Many people say absolutely yes. Representative, what do you think? BOB GARDNER: Well, I think it's done more for national news than for Colorado Springs. It's interesting to read the press coverage, because the press coverage says that Barack Obama is bringing his campaign to Colorado. But he's having private events in Colorado Springs, because I think he knows his message ...
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