The Fromson File

Reporting, analysis and commentary on current and historical events by Murray Fromson, veteran journalist and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication.

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McCain’s Flawed Judgment

September 12th, 2008 2 Comments

The past two weeks in election year politics resemble a script that might have been written by Woody Allen or the late Peter Sellers. But the story has lent itself more to tragedy than comedy. What was on John McCain’s mind except his own desperate need to be president when he chose a gun-toting radical [...]

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A Matter of Experience

September 5th, 2008 No Comments

It is not Sarah Palin’s shortage of experience, but her lack of sophistication that is most troubling. It was a cute applause line, describing herself as a pit bull with lipstick. She and her political handlers on the night of her nationwide television debut may have thought her message would resonate across the country. But [...]

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