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     COMMENTS: Using News to Raise Money

The only story making news on the Democratic side of the Presidential contest was an update on Hillary Rodham Clinton's much-publicized fundraising woes. A day after announcing that she had made her campaign a personal loan of $5m to keep it afloat through Super Tuesday, Rodham Clinton announced that $6m had been raised online in 24 hours: the loan had been repaid; pay checks were cut for staffers; and television advertising had been purchased. NBC's Andrea Mitchell noted that it was news of the loan that had "helped spark" the fundraising. Rodham Clinton is taking advantage of free media again with an appearance on CBS' 60 Minutes, Mitchell added. Indeed CBS' newscast was anchored by Harry Smith as Katie Couric was away from the desk preparing the Sunday piece.

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