After the Argus Leader's smackdown article about John Thune's committee assignments yesterday (emphasizing that Thune didn't get on the Ag committee, while ignoring the fact that Thune was one of only two GOP freshman to get on an elite committee), it's illuminating to observe that article's ripple effect. The AP picked up the AL article and the Aberdeen American News ran with the AL spin. Then the Yankton Press & Dakotan ran the article with the AL spin. Then the Rapid City Journal ran the article with the AL spin.
The AL spun Thune's committee assignments as something less than they were. The AP picked up the spin, and newspapers in every major population center in the state distributed the spin. That's the famous Argus Leader ripple effect.
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