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HATE CAMPAIGN ADS BUT LOVE TRAILERS? A comparison & contrast

“DOING FINE” “FIRMS” In the 2012 presidential campaign, it is estimated that nearly 1 billion dollars was spent purchasing :30 and :60 second advertisements on behalf of the candidates by their parties, their re-election committees and their Political Action Committtees … Continue reading

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2016: OBAMA’S AMERICA TRAILER – Heralding a Provocative, Partisan Screed with a Complicated Book Trailer

Regular readers of my blog will rightly assume that I deprecate this documentary’s contribution to our national discourse. But I did expect the trailer to provide a teaching moment and for that I’m appreciative. While I anticipated rhetorical excess and … Continue reading

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