European Media Go a Little Overboard Sexing-Up Continental Politics
Long-staid print and TV political coverage is suddenly taking a more American-style approach to leaders' personal lives.… More »
Heather Horn is a writer based in Chicago. She is a former features editor and staff writer for The Atlantic Wire, and was previously a research assistant at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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