Midmorning
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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  • Competing adsThe ad war continues
    With less than 30 days left until election day, the negative ads and the attacks are coming fast and furious. Midmorning analyzes and fact checks the latest round of ads in the presidential campaign and the race for the Minnesota senate seat.9:06 a.m.
    Guests
    Bill Adair: St. Petersburg Times Washington bureau chief and editor of PolitiFact.
    Clay Steinman: Professor of media and cultural studies at Macalester College, and co-author of "Consuming Environments: Television and Commercial Culture."
    Mark Zdechlik: MPR reporter.
    Resources
    PolitiFact.com
    About Clay Steinman
    Stanford University Political Communication Lab: 2008 Presidential General Election Ads
  • On the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeInvestment strategies for troubled times
    Midmorning discusses the impact of the unstable economy on personal finance and confronts questions about the security of cash in bank accounts, what to make of your 401k statement, and whether low-risk investments really are low risk right now.10:06 a.m.
    Guests
    Nigel Gault: Chief U.S. economist with Global Insight Inc.
    Sandra Block: Personal finance columnist for USA today.
    Resources
    About Nigel Gault
    Sandra Block's USA Today columns

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    The new season of Talking Volumes welcomes Barbara Kingsolver on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
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