Ryan's Not the First: Media's History of Trashing GOP VP Nominees

Rich Noyes | August 13, 2012
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Even before he was officially announced by Mitt Romney, liberal reporters were helping the Obama campaign try to define Paul Ryan as a heartless budget-slashing extremist. But Ryan's no exception -- journalists have found an angle of attack for every GOP vice presidential nominee from Dan Quayle in 1988 through Sarah Palin in 2008.

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