Gassed Up

Columbia Journalism Review | May. 5, 2008 (News Analysis)
Campaign coverage calls out a dumb idea. Eventually.

One thing that struck me about last week's coverage of Hillary Clinton and John McCain's proposal to declare a gas tax holiday is how aggressive the press was been in showing the idea's ridiculousness. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Media
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, U.S. Economy, John McCain, Obama Administration, Hillary Clinton, Oil and Gas
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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - May 5, 2008 - 8:40 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dale Penn (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Paul Peete (review)
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Paul Peete
4.3
 by Paul Peete - Oct. 1, 2008

Policy issues are complex in the pros and cons their coverage requires and are less sexy than the horse race and day to day back and forth of the candidates. We need Americans to demand more from our media; hard for a dumbed down electorate busy trying to keep up with American Idol and Survivor.

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Dale Penn
4.0
 by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008
Dale posted this story.
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Fabrice Florin
3.5
 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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