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On September 8, 1988, Washington Jewish Week (with a circulation of 20,000) disclosed that Vice President George Bush had appointed an ethnic coalition for his campaign that included a number of outspoken antisemites with Nazi and fascist affiliations. The article prompted the resignation of six leaders of the GOP’s ethnic outreach division. Although the resignations […]
As the media dominate the presidential campaign, the pattern of 1980 and 1984 seems to be repeating itself. Instead of analyzing and exposing George Bush’s tarnished record, the US press has coated the vice president with the same teflon which protected Ronald Reagan for the past eight years. This is especially true with respect to […]
CNN Crossfire on Gary Hart and the Media (5/12/87): Host Tom Braden: Ben Stein is a media critic in Los Angeles, and I’d like to ask him…does a candidate’s private life have any bearing on what he does as a private official? Ben Stein: Absolutely. If you have a presidential candidate who is having a […]
