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Submitted: October 5, 2006 - 8:06am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 4:09am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 4:09am
MEDIA TAKE CENTER STAGE IN FIGHT FOR VOTES
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Claudia Parsons]
Democrats call Fox the FAUX news channel. Republicans used to refer to CNN as Clinton network news. With U.S. elections a month away, TV viewers have been getting a steady diet of gloves-off politics that experts say serves both politicians and programs. It works especially well for cable television where anchors of news shows both real and imaginary rankle and rile in a way shunned by major networks more prone to balance opposing views.
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