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State Week: Down And Dirty Campaigning

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,
Brian Mackey, Amanda Vinicky, Charles N. Wheeler III
Published November 4, 2016 at 1:27 PM CDT
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An election season of unprecedented spending on negative advertising is coming to an end. How does it rank? And what does it mean for the future?

Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler, Amanda Vinicky and Brian Mackey, and guest Mike Riopell, of the Daily Herald.
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Brian Mackey hosts The 21st Show and formerly reported on state government.
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Amanda Vinicky moved to Chicago Tonight on WTTW-TV PBS in 2017.
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The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.
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