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Ken Pentel      Response 2

Question 2: Evaluate the performance of the press in covering the on-going presidential scandal, the private lives of politicians, and please indicate whether or not you consider yourself a role model.

The media in this situation has simply played the role of 
cheerleader in a debate which most of the public is genuinely 
sick of, while at the same time we are being distracted from 
much more important issues facing our society and government.

It is the job of the media to report news and current events, 
not to pry into the personal lives of public servants to the 
point where good, honest citizens will be discouraged from 
participating in our democratic electoral system out of fear 
for their private and personal lives.

Anyone in a position of public attention is a role model to 
someone, whether you are a good one or a bad one.  I did not 
start this campaign specifically thinking about what type of 
role model I could be, I am simply working for the causes which 
I truly believe in.