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N&O Editorial Page Editor Steve Ford explains how editorials and letters to editor are selected and l9ooks back on big issues he's seen in North Carolina in his 22 years on the editorial page.  He says big money in campaigns started with Jesse Helms and that racism is still with us but not as before.  He also looks at the future of newspapers including the N&O.  Listen in.