Big News Orgs Fail To Label McCain Attack Ad What It Is: False

CNN has a piece here, The New York Times has one here, The Washington Post has write-ups here and here, and the Associated Press has one here.
The stories did dutifully note the Obama camp's push-back against the ad. But not a single one of these reports told you that the ad is false.
McCain's ad makes a stark assertion about the reason the trip was canceled: "Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras."
But there is no evidence whatsoever supporting this assertion. It's false. That isn't the reason the trip was canceled. Shouldn't that be explicitly noted in stories about this?
The Pentagon itself is on record saying that it informed the Obama camp that he couldn't bring campaign staff to the event. Obama subsequently canceled the trip.
Even though the McCain camp's ad is false, the stories on the ad focused on supposed inconsistencies in the Obama campaign's push-back. The Obama camp's first statement said that he had canceled the trip after deciding that it was political, with no mention of the Pentagon. The second statement said the Pentagon had told him that it would be perceived as such.
But there is no reason why these are necessarily inconsistent. The Obama camp could have easily decided after it had heard from the Pentagon that the trip could be perceived as political, and simply not included the info about the Pentagon's directives in the first statement. This was a screw-up, but it certainly doesn't prove inconsistency.
Either way, you'd think the fact that the McCain ad contains a blatant falsehood would merit a mention in the coverage. If any reports do flag the falsehood, we'll let you know.
Late Update: MSNBC gets it right.
Late Late Update: The McCain unleashes another misleading attack on this front.

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