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PBS NewsHour | How Convention Coverage Has Shifted to Cable, Online | PBS

Duration: 05:48
Program: PBS NewsHour #10439
Broadcast Date: Aug. 23, 2012

Jeffrey Brown talks to CNN's Howard Kurtz and Daily Download's Lauren Ashburn about how politics are being discussed in the digital world, including Todd Akin's remarks on rape and abortion, the upcoming Republican National Convention and how media coverage of political conventions has changed.

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Post Date: August 23, 2012