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Obama - Does the Hype reflect Reality?

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I'm not a great observer of American elections and I'm not following this one particularly closely. But one thing has stood out and I want to run it by ye. Every time media coverage comes up, the McCain side start about media bias towards ...

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I've found this site through a thread over on P.ie.

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