A Mammoth Machine

(AP/CBS)

"Cable television networks, radio talk shows, on-line political tout sheets, blogs on the left and right — to say nothing of the mainstream media — have converged into a mammoth machine for inciting controversies, collecting gossip, pursuing scandal and measuring the candidates' viability on a daily, if not hourly, basis."

--Ronald Brownstein, Los Angeles Times

Brian Montopoli

Brian Montopoli is the national reporter and political analyst for CBSNews.com.

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