Reality bites: Candidates sidelined by coronavirus try transforming into small-screen stars

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Reality bites: Candidates sidelined by coronavirus try transforming into small-screen stars
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Unable to campaign, politicians are creating podcasts, hosting interviews and streaming live — all in the service of reaching voters during a pandemic.

last week that he considered launching a two-hour daily radio show but opted against doing so for fear that it would encroach on conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh's territory.

Hickenlooper has made a point of jokingly asking guests what song they sing to themselves in their head to span the 20 seconds they're supposed to be washing their hands. His song is"This Land is Your Land." Kennedy said the streams have provided"an added level of humanity and connection, because you're not having these carefully crafted, staged and produced town halls or conventions or TV spots."

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