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Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:00 AM

A week of petty though typical attacks on Obama produced nothing

Will the 2008 election be dominated by the same type of small-minded, petty distractions that have characterized the last several decades of elections?
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:24 PM

    MSM self fulfillment

    When Glenn said "...our establishment press takes its cues in all sorts of ways from exactly the dark crevices from which this filth spews..." he could have added that, lacking the "Bleed" in the "If it bleeds, it leads" theory, the news media today might very well attempt to create the bleeding.

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