By Patrick on July 2, 2007 11:50 AM
When he travelled with First Lady Laura Bush on her recent Africa tour, the Chicago Tribune’s Mark Silva filed hugely long and hugely impressive pool reports.
Word count so far on all of them? Over 20,000, making it just as long as the Washington Post’s “Angler” series on Vice President Dick Cheney.

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