The (Howard) Dean Scream

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While I agree with €uro and blueerica on Dean's inability to bounce back, I also have to really take issue with the press.
I don't consider myself paranoid, even if there is a vast [fill in your own damn agenda] conspiracy. Political bent or not, I believe that the biggest problem with the mainstream press is laziness. I remember taking Journalism 101 with Ed Diamond @ NYU back in the '80s and we spent a lot of time on press releases. Even 20 years ago, it was clear that a well-written release was all you needed to make sure the story got the spin you were looking for. With few exceptions, mostly in print journalism, the news is less of a presentation or (God forbid) an interpretation, but is pretty much pure regurgitation, or as John Stewart called it on Crossfire, "partisan hackery."
For me, serious coverage of the US Presidential campaigns ended on board "The Monkey Business."

But that's just my opinion.