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The love hate relationship between politics and the media, Zika and the Olympics, the long history of potty parity laws
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Jun 9, 2016
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The love hate relationship between politics and the media, Zika and the Olympics, the long history of potty parity laws

Examining the role that the media has played this primary season, a look at the athletes and media skipping out on the games, more on the history of potty politics.

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Examining the role that the media has played this primary season, a look at the athletes and media skipping out on the games, more on the history of potty politics.

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"It's a question of feeding the viewers what they think they want, as opposed to giving a balanced coverage of the election cycle," one expert says of TV news.
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The latest California child abuse statistics are raising questions about privacy and how much information should be available to the public.
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USC is hosted a community conference on the Zika virus, and what people should know about it. For more on what the event we spoke to the organizer of the event.
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Some Olympic athletes have announced plans to skip the games because of the Zika virus. What's at stake for them and others who are thinking about going to Rio?
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He's Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead, and now he has a new show, about traveling, and motorcycles and living in the USA.
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Hillary Clinton wins California, Bernie Sanders meets with President Obama, and the U.S. Senate primary results in a historic same-party matchup.
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In celebration of Pride month, the NBA has released a line of limited edition merchandise that will feature 'rainbowed' versions of the team’s logos.
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Kao Kalia Yang's father was a Hmong refugee who escaped after the Vietnam War. Through the tradition of song poetry, he found beauty in the world.