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The Failure Of Journalism

By The Daily Dish
Oct 21 2008, 4:34 AM ET

A reader writes:

Why does it take a fake journalist from Comedy Central to show us the realities behind Main Street Wasilla?

Ask Howie Kurtz. Maybe he knows. My guess is that they're all more concerned with their own careers and what is and is not "acceptable" for the media than they are in simply getting at what is true. There are many exceptions, of course. But this campaign has exposed the MSM as brutally as it has exposed McCain.



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