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Policy Talks@Google: Pop Culture Politics


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Policy Talks@Google: Pop Culture Politics

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This political round table discussion includes commentary from Baratunde Thurston of The Onion, Ben Relles of Obama Girl, Author/Commentator Christopher Hitchens, and Liz Winstead, the creator of The Daily Show. The panel was moderated by Tammy Haddad. This talk took place as part of the Tech Election event at Google's Washington DC office on June 11, 2008

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