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Does the social security story have to be soporific?
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The Quill
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October 1, 1997
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Copyright informationCopyright Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi Oct 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The US. social security system is a gargantuan fact of American life. To one degree or another, all Americans live in its shadow. They see social security in a variety of ways, their views depending upon incomes, ages and politics, among many other factors. That makes for a major challenge in reporting about social security and about efforts to change the system. Economist Frank Wykoff offers ways of approaching the story that can lead to understanding and clarity.
Social security has to be your classic nightmare story. You must cover it, because it is the nation's largest social program, affecting every reader, viewer and listener in every community in America. Social security ...
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