Steep fee to ride with UK's Brown
DAVID STRINGER,Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election -- but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet the cost of covering the campaign.
At a time when the world's media are struggling with cuts to staff and budgets, each organization faces an estimated cost of $40,000 to send a reporter on the campaign trail with the two main candidates for prime minister.
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