The Press Squeezes Blood From a (Campaign) Stone

Harper's by Ken Silverstein | Nov. 1, 2007 (Comment)

I love when the press tries to build excitement about the campaign with this sort of juiced up story. You'd think the Post was writing about the latest wrestling matches on Raw, not the dreary Democratic race for the presidency. Given the bland realities, I can understand the impulse but if they're going to do it right reporters should take lessons from the masters: Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Media
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Media and Politics
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Nov 1, 2007 - 10:46 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review), penney kolb (review), Tom Grey (review)
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
Kaizar posted this story.
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Tom Grey
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 by Tom Grey - Oct. 1, 2008

Too much on RAW, the parody source, not enough on the journo horse race silliness.

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penney kolb
4.1
 by penney kolb - Oct. 1, 2008

This story was hard to read because I was laughing so hard. Ken Silverstein hit many nails on their heads and very wittily too. I shall save this and read again as the campaigns move along.

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