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Foreign Reporters A World Apart In the Campaign (washingtonpost.com)

One Democratic campaign official ranks the foreign press "about on a par with lice" on his list of concerns. The official would not allow his name to be used, for fear his comment would reflect poorly on him.

Gee, I wonder why the rest of the world has a low opinion of us. Equally striking is the observation that during the last month of a campaign, the print media in general is treated just as badly as the foreign press is the rest of the time. Television is all that matters.