Gary Johnson's Having a Moment (Again)

On the Media | Sep 30, 2016

This election season, the media has looked extensively into the pasts of Clinton and Trump. All we seem to know about Gary Johnson, on the other hand, is that he's a Libertarian with a knack for drawing a blank when interviewed on cable television. Has the media vetted Johnson sufficiently, for someone who is polling at about 7% nationally? Cindy Simmons, who teaches journalism at Penn State, reported on Johnson for KUNM during his time as governor of New Mexico and says that there are moments from his past that merit further scrutiny.

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