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09.19.2008 12:22 pm

Do you trust the truth squads?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An article in the Christian Science Monitor  reports that media truth squads are hard at work trying to gauge the accuracy of the presidential candidates’ campaigns claims.

To show how difficult that challenge is the article notes that:

“A recent Gallup poll…

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09.09.2008 10:55 am

What Biden has in common with an Extreme Makeover

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When does a publicity stunt become a newsworthy event?

The topic came up this morning on topics as divergent as today’s campaign swing by VP candidate Joe Biden and tomorrow’s unveiling of the Extreme Makeover home in Shrewsbury.

Did we expect any…

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09.08.2008 4:31 pm

The news media and Palin

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There’s an interesting give-and-take going on between many in the media and the GOP about examining the record of Sarah Palin. Even as  journalists report on Palin,  they also seem to feel the need to rationalize doing so.

The New York…

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