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The Nation Blog
by Katrina vanden Heuvel

04/22/11

For a media that loves infotainment, the horse race and spectacle ? and has trouble tackling real policy issues and digging deep - Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving: all spectacle, all the time. Now he s out there on his ugly birther trip, riding it to the top of the polls amidst a GOP presidential field in disarray. ... if Trump is going to portray himself as a presidential contender, and the media is going to give him mega-time to do that, then let s take a hard look at his record and his views ? particularly on 'fiscal responsibility,' which Congressman Paul Ryan and the GOP say is the issue of our time...

http://www.thenation.com/blog/160112/emperor-trump-has-no-clothes


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Trump Beats All
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/25-6



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