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Archive for October, 2008

WPRB’s Complete Election ‘08 Coverage

Here’s the full October 23 and October 30 Election Coverage line-up
The McCain Camp

Sophie Jin reports on the McCain campaign on and off campus in the Princeton, NJ area:

Sebastian Jones talks with Peter Feldman, Regional Communications Director for NY, NJ and PA for the McCain campaign:

The Obama Camp

Folasade John reports on the Obama campaign’s efforts in [...]

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WPRB Exclusive: Peter Feldman of the McCain Campaign

Here’s WPRB’s exclusive interview with Peter Feldman, Regional Communications Director for the McCain campaign in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It’s set to air this Thursday at 5pm as part of The Dispatch’s continuing campaign coverage.
In the interview, Feldman addresses the McCain campaign’s efforts to win Pennsylvania, their GOTV efforts, how they [...]

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Foreign Policy 101

Should WPRB be the first radio station worldwide to air this single?
You betcha dog on it:

Update: Reader Allie writes with some tragic news: Boris and Vlad are, in fact, from New York City. “Boris” can be seen in this photograph from an article in The New York Times Sunday Magazine back in September. [...]

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Campaign Volunteer Pulls a Francisco Nava

By Sebastian Jones- WPRB News
If you’ve tuned into cable news in the past few days, you’ve no doubt heard about how a young woman named Ashley Todd from Texas, who had been in Pittsburgh, PA working for the McCain campaign, claimed she had been assaulted by a “6′4″ black male”, who upon seeing her McCain/Palin [...]

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Melissa Harris-Lacewell

Melissa Harris-Lacewell joins WPRB’s Leif Johnson for a discussion of Election 2008, particularly what it means for African American voters. In addition to these excerpts of the interview, we’ll be posting a web-exclusive second part in the coming days.

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Meet the Voters

Brandon Joseph and Yihe Dong join host Sebastian Jones after meeting with local voters in Princeton, NJ to gauge their take on the election.

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The Obama Campaign in New Jersey

WPRB’s Folasade John reports on the Obama campaign’s efforts to win the Garden State.

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Meet the Voters: Johnstown, PA edition

We aired this just prior to the Frank Rich interview.

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Robocalls hit PA

WPRB News Director Sebastian Jones reports on how the robocall wave has hit Pennsylvania.  For more check out this post on Off The Air, Sebastian’s reported blog for WPRB News.

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Frank Rich

Frank Rich joins us to discuss the tone of the campaign– particularly in light of several angry crowds at McCain/Palin rallies.
Intro:

Interview:

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