Bullpen Televisions (Attack Ad Coverage)

Televisions dominate the bullpen, screens erupting in overlapping newscasts from rival stations—opposition's veiled MS attack ad clashes with Clean Campaign pledge fallout, leaked lunch betrayal exploding across free media. Bruno shoves Sam into the glare, cacophony pounding hypocrisy's sting as Bartlet looms amid the amplified assault, shattering naive defenses in raw political crucible.

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Purpose

Broadcast overlapping news coverage of the opposition attack ad and Clean Campaign pledge controversy

Significance

Hammer home campaign vulnerabilities, fueling Bruno's savage tutorial on deception's supremacy and crushing Sam's idealism under media onslaught's unyielding verdict

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

Bruno Schools Sam on Deception in Leaked Lunch Fallout

Bullpen televisions, all tuned to rival stations, erupt in overlapping newscasts replaying the leaked lunch hypocrisy alongside the MS-alluding attack ad—viscerally amplifying the crisis, forcing Sam to confront the 'bad' of uncontrolled free media domination.

Before: Tuned to news channels in active West Wing bullpen

After: Blazing with cacophonous, inescapable attack ad coverage

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