Campaign season brings decisions about news and propaganda

Campaign season brings decisions about news and propaganda

Campaign signs in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in November 2024. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)I don’t have a good track record with political predictions. In 1986, I thought George Mickelson was just a tall lawyer from Brookings. I had no idea he would be South Dakota’s next governor. In 1996, I covered John Thune’s stop in Pierre on his tour announcing that he was running for the U.S. House. I remember thinking that it was a …