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Can This Election Season's News Coverage Get Any Dumber?

By Brian Morton

Baltimore City Paper | May 13, 2008

It's cheaper and easier to talk about the ravings of some South Side Chicago preacher than it is to discuss the economic reasons why lifting the gas tax for a month would only cause consumers to see pennies while the oil companies rake in billions. Stupid sells. Policy doesn't.

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Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, journalism, media, news, sensationalism

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