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...trend in media reporting, in which commentators frequently injected prognostications into coverage. After Iowa, the media cognoscenti began writing obituaries for her candidacy. Colorful commentators such as Chris Matthews effectively anointed Senator Obama the nominee, prompting his NBC colleague Tom Brokaw to accuse the media of “stampeding?? the electoral process. Yet Senator Clinton’s perseverance turned such commentary on its head, prompting many reporters to deemphasize polling data in their coverage. As Senator Clinton and her supporters demonstrated, the candidates and the voters make history, not the chattering class...
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