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Pseudo-Events, Be Gone!
by Matt B. on February 17, 2010
George Packer has a spot-on critique of the political media’s unending focus on image over substance. The highlight:
“A war or an economic collapse has a reality apart from perceptions, which imposes a pressure on reporters to find it. But for some reason, American political coverage is exempt.”