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Sat 11 Nov 2009Clips about snips Cowen's answer to FDR's chats
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FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT did it, with considerable success, during America’s Great Depression. Now, 70 years later, during Ireland’s Great Recession, Biffo is having a go. Back in the 1930s, FDR called them fireside chats. In 2009, Biffo’s excruciating tete-a-tetes with the public are called YouTube clips.
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