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On day 4 of the Republican National Coverage, we’re broadcasting live from Radio Row at the XCel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. With Vice Presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin addressing an enthusiastic crowd of delegates last night, we’ll take a look this hour at the convention so far, with an analysis of speeches, and corporate media coverage.

According to the media watchdog group, Media Matters, neither ABC nor CBS aired analysis from Democrats, Democratic strategists, or progressive media figures during their live coverage of the second day of the Republican National Convention on September 2, which was also the first day of the networks’ live coverage of the convention. This contrasted sharply with coverage of the DNC, where politically diverse analysis was presented.

GUEST: John Nichols, political writer for the Nation, co-founder of Free Press