The video montage, put together by Media Matters for America, shows how obsessively and systematically the cable news talking heads (on all the major networks, not just FOX) routinely refer to John McCain as a “maverick” without any analysis or cynicism as if it is an undeniable fact. Perhaps Chris Matthews is right when he admits that the press just may be McCain’s “base”. Read more about the real McCain versus the media’s creation here.