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You might even call it [i]deplorable.[/i]


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It is entirely deplorable, I agree. People are welcome to their opinions about the quality of coverage, but an attack on a reporter ought be an immediately disqualifying incident. The majority of the American people don't trust politicians either, but that is no excuse for attacking someone who is doing a job essential to the function of a democratic society.