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Wired for politics

Cable networks find niche at conventions

By Joanna Weiss
Globe Staff / April 22, 2004

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When they showed up at the national political conventions in 2000, the crews from Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" were treated like lesser television beings. Their work space was in nosebleed territory, and they had to use their wiles to get to the floor; once, co-executive producer Stewart Bailey slipped past a guard who mistook him for George Stephanopoulous. (Full Article: 1229 Words)

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