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GUEST: Peter Hart, Activism Coordinator at FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Presidential electoral politics have provided fodder for breathless horse-race style reporting for most of the mainstream media for years now. Who’s the front runner and who’s made the most progress, become topics for many column inches and broadcast minutes each day. With the Iowa caucuses just weeks away, commentators and reporters are using unreliable poll results to make predictions, while ignoring real issues. According to Peter Hart of the media watch group, FAIR, “the media’s over-reliance on polls encourages a kind of political conversation that prioritizes strategic consideration and tactics over substance.”

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