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Too many big screens, flashing lights, and high quality sound systems. This is what politics looks like on vacation. This is enjoying politics as a show when you want to get away from it all. It’s as if Disney took over the whole process…it’s all too polished. It’s made for prime time politics.

Last Monday, I was researching a story about the advertisers who bought advertising during the Olympics. The purpose of my research was to tell you who they are, and to boycott them because Of China's support of genocide in Darfur.

Well, to my surprise, I found out Barack Obama's campaign had purchased 5 million dollars worth of ads to run during the games.

Just because the old drive by media has ignored the story of Speaker Nancy Pelousi’s illegal shut down of the House of Representatives followed by a Republican uprising doesn’t mean the story isn’t getting out.
NewsBusters has the story on the blackout by not only network TV but also cable news and the print media.
On Friday, [...]

Are you exhausted by the media coverage of the current presidential election? Most likely. But have you actually learned much beyond how a candidate campaigns, feels about campaigning, or the now often-overused phrase "creating a narrative" for a candidate?