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11. The Fourth Estate doesn't just cover the one candidate that wins one election, yeah?
Sat May 27, 2017, 10:26 AM
May 2017

They don't just cater to the whims of one political faction, and as much as it might delight Republicans, the media coverage won't disappear. Look at what a robust press corps has accomplished on the national level, and now that Gianforte has called attention to his unsuitability to hold elected office, more and more reporters will be dogging him and rooting out every last questionable thing he has ever done. This is as it should be, and whether they believe it or not, his voters will still be exposed to his chicanery.

Those who vote for candidates we Dems find abhorrent may indeed deserve whatever they get in Gianforte, but obviously not every voter in Montana is Republican. Those people depend on an active and truthful press service, and more importantly they have a Constitutional Right to a free press in their state.

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