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Tuning in to Scandal: Television News Coverage of Congressional Scandals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2014

Michael K. Romano*
Affiliation:
Western Michigan University

Abstract

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Symposium: Political Scandal in American Politics
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2014 

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