Distorted Messages Abound in Election Campaign
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No matter who wins Tuesday's election, the 2004 presidential campaign will go down in history for its record volume of distorted messages, misinformation and outright mendacity, analysts say.
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Some voters say machines indicated they had voted for a different candidate.
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Some candidates take âfull disclosureâ too seriously.
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Comment is free: Jackie Ashley: The confusing messages coming out of the Tory and Lib Dem camps are playing straight into the prime minister's hands.
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In large swaths of the country, there is a campaign in the shadows, where candidates, ordinarily eager to get their messages to the public, are often too terrified to say their names.
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John Edwards' presidential campaign is asking for a criminal investigation after an aide's internal e-mail messages were copied and mailed to some people he disparaged.
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The emotions are as jumbled as the campaign posters are clear. There is fear over the vote, hope for the future, disdain at the parties, and resilience among the people.
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As the voting gets underway, in what is expected to be a tight race, there are already election fears of fraud. Many are worried that the PSD (Social Democrats) might attempt to manipulate the voting in some way.
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The spectral image that has haunted this presidential campaign finally surfaced last weekend on television with an attack ad of his own.
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This yearÃ¢ÂÂs election is awash with political polls, some of which can produce widely different outcomes Ã¢ÂÂ especially those Ã¢ÂÂownÃ¢ÂÂ polls that are conducted for candidates or political party organizations.
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Text of report by Estonian newspaper Postimees website on 5 September  [Commentary by Rein Veidemann: "Media Circus"]  Elections make for fatty raw material to the free media. The supply of news and opinions is far greater than the demand.
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In several battleground states across the country, a consulting firm funded by the Republican National Committee has been accused of deceiving would-be voters and destroying Democratic voter registration cards.
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Campaign promises have changed little in the run-up to the presidential election, but the rhetoric has intensified.
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A flurry of revelations, from Iraq&#39;s missing explosives to the flu vaccine shortage, have touched this year&#39;s presidential race.
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With the presidential election less than six weeks away, activists and security experts are ratcheting up concern over the use of touch-screen machines to cast votes.
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A controversy which has flared over two bloggers working for the campaign of US presidential hopeful John Edwards has highlighted the pitfalls facing candidates as they embrace the Web to reach voters.
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As the presidential campaign got underway a year ago, the candidates faced a volatile political environment dominated by the Iraq war, illegal immigration and terrorism. A year later, the campaigns are rewriting their scripts as it appears that the race may actually be shaped once more by the eco...