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Opinion: Marsha Blackburn's media avoidance raises questions about her gubernatorial campaign

Betsy Phillips

2h ago· 5 min readenOpinion

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Summary

An opinion piece analyzing Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn's apparent reluctance to engage with local media, specifically her avoidance of NewsChannel 5 reporter Ben Hall. The author uses a Wizard of Oz analogy to criticize Blackburn's behavior, suggesting she is avoiding hard questions from the press as she campaigns for governor. The article questions whether Blackburn actually wants the job she's pursuing, given her evasiveness.

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Twitter / XOpinion: Marsha Blackburn's media avoidance raises questions about her gubernatorial campaignnashvillescene.com

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It's like they were doing some modern version of The Wizard of Oz in which Hall plays Toto and Blackburn, the Wizard, is trying to get away after the curtain's been pulled open — before Dorothy's polycule spots her and starts asking hard questions.

Y'all, what is going on here?

I know — I know we're supposed to be

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Opinion: A recent awkward moment with NewsChannel 5 showed how desperate the senator is to avoid questions from media

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