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Kathleen Hall Jamieson on "Dirty" Political Campaigns.

Jamieson is the Dean of the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania. She's been called "the leading academic authority on politics and advertising" by the New York Times. She'll talk about negative campaigning by both parties, and give her take on the recent conventions. Her new book, "Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction and Democracy," is about how TV ads and speeches shape contemporary campaigns.

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Other segments from the episode on August 25, 1992

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 25, 1992: Interview with Kathleen Hall Jamieson; Interview with Georgi Arbatov; Commentary on trends in television broadcast schedules.

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