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Tra la-la-la-la, la la, la, la.
One of the most maddening aspects ofAmerican media during any political campaign season is
our tendency to cover even the most serious legislative or societal news through the lens of how it might affect candidates'
election chances. This so-called "horse race" reporting usually comes at the expense of what actually happened, and how it
will affect people. It's easier and "sexier" -- although not particularly relevant -- to guess what might happen at the ballot
box.
Never has this syndrome been on fuller display than in the coverage of yesterday's presidential signing of a bill extending
prescription drug coverage -- sort of -- to Medicare-eligible seniors and the disabled. The bill stinks to high heaven, but
all we could hear about was whether its passage would help George Bush in 2004. ...
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=16064 See more in the Geov Parrish archives.
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csmonitor.com
from the November 28, 2003 edition
The best politics money can buy
By Daniel Schorr
To see the complete article, click on-- http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1128/p11s03-cods.html [This link was found on the Monitor's website through a Google search on
3/18/04]
Excerpt--
WASHINGTON
- The Congressional debates about energy and Medicare illustrate how far the institutions of the pork barrel and the lobbyist
have come.
The pork barrel is no longer simply a favor like a post office in a congressman's home district. Today it can involve huge
monetary favors to political supporters. The lobbyist, once someone who patrolled the lobbies to buttonhole legislators, has
graduated to big K Street firms, deploying campaign money along with arguments. ...
All of this reminds me of the book my late friend Philip Stern wrote 15 years ago. It was titled "The Best Congress Money
Can Buy." Today, he might write a sequel, "The Best White House Money Can Buy."
• Daniel Schorr is a senior news analyst at National Public Radio.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1128/p11s03-cods.htm
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