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Following ABC's lead, NBC cast campaign "dirty tricks" as bipartisan but cited only GOP example

October 30, 2006 2:26 pm ET

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SUMMARY: Several days after ABC's Nightline ran a report on the ad wars of the 2006 elections, claiming, without providing any examples of Democratic-sponsored attack ads, that "both sides are playing a serious game of hardball" with "mudslinging" attack ads hitting "below the belt," NBC News followed its lead, airing a report on "dirty tricks" in political campaigns without any examples of "dirty tricks" by Democrats.

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