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During television sweeps season, stations roll out special investigative stories or reports they hope will convince people to watch.  The November sweeps period is one of the most important of the year.  This year, we are seeing more aggressive reporting being done by some stations.  Jane Kirtley is the director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota.  She spoke with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer about what we have been seeing.

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