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The Beltway-Blog Battle
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 22, 2008 - 3:06pmThe loss of Tim Russert comes just as journalists are feeling besieged. Their bosses are slashing staffs, their advertisers are drifting away, and their prerogatives are being challenged by bloggers and YouTubers: a diffuse army of the uncredentialed, uninhibited and--most terrifyingly--unpaid.
A Willie Horton Hit on Obama?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 25, 2008 - 8:33amStarting Tuesday, a group of conservative activists led by Floyd Brown, author of the famous Willie Horton ad used so effectively against Michael Dukakis in 1988, will begin a campaign to tar Obama as weak on crime and terrorism, a strategy that aims to upend Obama's relatively strong reputation among Republican voters.
