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More praise for IQ2 US

Pointed Political Debate, Minus All the Shouting

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By Elizabeth Jensen — October 18, 2009

POLARIZING political talk, overwrought in the extreme, is making for big headlines these days, so it is somewhat counterintuitive (or maybe just smart counterprogramming) that a program based on civilized, formal debate has chosen this moment to try to raise its profile.

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