Campaign 2008

Let the smearing begin

The Barack Obama campaign has said it will "respond forcefully" to any attacks made on the Democratic presidential candidate. The latest, but not the last, negative barrage comes from a book by Jerome Corsi, called "The Obama Nation."

Guests

• Dermot McEvoy: Senior editor at Publisher's Weekly. He writes about political books.
• Sid Bedingfield: Visiting professor, electronic and print journalism at the University of South Carolina. He was head of CNN's US network.

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Resources

• The New York Times: "How to Erase that Smear"
• McEvoy in Publishers Weekly: "Want Political Truth? Buy a Book"
• About Sid Bedingfield