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RobertEarl

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1. Well, he just dusted himself

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 11:44 AM

Nov 2012

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Political news, and especially the important news that really affects the campaign, proceeds at an irregular pace. But news coverage is produced every day. Most of it is filler, packaged in the form of stories that are designed to obscure its unimportance. Not only does political coverage often lose the signal—it frequently accentuates the noise.
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He's hung himself. No one blasts the M$M like that and gets invited back.

Of course he could become alternate media. But who would pay him? How much is he worth?

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Nate Silver: Why I Started FiveThirtyEight [View all] DonViejo Nov 2012 OP

Well, he just dusted himself RobertEarl Nov 2012 #1

This is an excerpt from his book and he plugs it on the news shows sammytko Nov 2012 #2