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🗓️ 16 April 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The press repeatedly uses the same words to describe 2016 candidates. Plus: filming the police; Washington's "nerd prom"; and a conservative take-over of the Hugo awards.

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0:00.0	If they ever stopped to look at their copy and see the word ambitious was there and realized how much of a nothing broker it was, it's worse than interesting in saying nothing about a candidate.
0:10.6	As election 2016 coverage kicks off, candidates are already being crowned by signature adjectives.
0:18.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. And I'm Bob
0:22.4	Garfield. Bystander videos can shed light on police brutality, but be careful. Your right to record
0:29.7	cops is not always guaranteed. Don't interfere in what the police are doing. If you're recording,
0:36.5	make sure you're recording
0:37.6	at a safe distance.
0:39.0	And what's being served
0:40.5	at the White House correspondence dinner?
0:43.0	And what isn't?
0:44.0	It's not really about access.
0:45.3	It's not really about correspondence.
0:46.6	It's not about scholarships.
0:47.6	Most people don't necessarily find it
0:48.9	that much fun.
0:49.9	But the shrimp.
0:51.0	Oh, the shrimp.
0:52.8	Stay tuned.
0:53.6	Thank you. But the shrimp. Oh, the shrimp. Stay tuned.
1:07.6	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
1:09.1	I'm Bob Garfield.
1:10.4	And I'm Brooke Gladstone. 2016 horse race coverage got underway this week with reporters galloping after Hillary Clinton's
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