Global Interest in the 2008 Elections - Howard Fineman
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Channel: FORA.tv · 2008 · News & Politics
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/05/Media_and_the_Election_A_Global_Perspective Newsweek correspondent Howard Fineman remarks on the "paradox" of the international media's high level of interest in the 2008 Presidential election, even as America's global political and economic dominance may be on the wane. ----- A panel discussion at the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival featuring Christoph von Marschall, Ari Shavit, Edward Luce, Howard Fineman, moderated by John Fund. Howard Fineman is Newsweek's senior Washington Correspondent and columnist, senior editor, and deputy Washington Bureau Chief. He is also the author of "Living Politics," a column that began and continues on MSNBC.com and Newsweek.com and is now featured in the print magazine. An award-winning writer, Fineman is also an NBC News Analyst, contributing reports to the network and its cable affiliates. The author of scores of Newsweek cover stories, Fineman's work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The New Republic. During the 2008 campaign, Fineman has interviewed candidates such as John McCain, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani.
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