Submitted: November 7, 2006 - 11:37am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 4:35am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 4:35am
IF DEMOCRATS CONTROL CONGRESS, THEN WHAT? DON'T ASK THE MEDIA
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Dante Chinni, Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism]
[Commentary] If you have been anywhere near a TV or newspaper in the past month or so you know two things about Tuesday: 1) Democrats may win enough seats to take control of the House and Senate and 2) the reason is the war in Iraq. The problem with the media coverage in 2006 has been the lack of context concerning what those changes -- if they actually happen -- would really mean.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1107/p09s01-codc.html
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