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Some say Republican Vice Presidential nominee, Governor Sarah Palin, has been subjected to unfair media attention. A look at presidential campaign coverage, allegations of bias, and charges of elitism in the media.
Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post media reporter, host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and author.
Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, specializes in polling of electoral battleground states, including Ohio and Florida
Ted Koppel, managing editor, Discovery Channel and senior news analyst, NPR
Heather Higgins, chair of the board, the Independent Women's Forum.
Jonathan Weisman, reporter, "The Washington Post"
A former newspaper columnist and animal behavior specialist shares the story of his family's move in 2006 to an unusual new home: a wildlife park in the English countryside, where a menagerie of Siberian tigers, African lions, brown bears and other animals awaited them. As they worked to refurbish the zoo, they also had to contend with a personal tragedy: the terminal illness of Mee's wife, Katherine, to whom the zoo was dedicated when it reopened in 2007 as the Dartmoor Zoological Park.
Benjamin Mee, a former newspaper columnist and owner of the Dartmoor Wildlife Park zoo.
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