How Did CNN Get Hitched with a Tea Party PAC Anyway? (The Atlantic Wire)

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The Atlantic Wire - CNN and the Tea Party Express are co-hosting Monday's Republican primary debate, and the organizations make an odd pair. The Washington Post's Karen Tumulty gives some indication of how unusual the partnership is, noting that a man at the event's front gate referred to the TV host as the "Communist News Network." Why is an activist group teaming up with the mainstream media it hates -- and why is a mainstream media organization partnering with a conservative political action committee?

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