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C-Span Interview of Michel Martin about the 2008 presidential campaigns with students at the Benilde-St. Margaret's School in Minneapolis. Topics included the coverage of the Iraq war, the two major-party vice presidential running mates, allegations of bias in the media, and the influence of satirical comedy programs on young people.

Columbia School of Journalism report

All things political

Despite lofty predictions by some academics, pundits, and practitioners that voter turnout would reach levels not seen since the turn of the last century, the percentage of eligible citizens casting ballots in the 2008 presidential election stayed at virtually the same relatively high level as it reached in the polarized election of 2004.