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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, reporters raise their hands as White House press secretary Sean Spicer takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. A survey finds that there’s a big change in just a year in how Democrats and Republicans view the media’s role as watchdogs of political leaders. A Pew Research Center study out Wednesday, May 10, said nearly nine in 10 Democrats said a critical media is important because it keeps political leaders from doing things they shouldn’t. Meanwhile, only 42 percent of Republicans feel that way. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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