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But it is probably true that the quality of politics in America has suffered from the erosion of public trust in institutions that used to act, to at least some degree, as watchdogs.
Technology watchdogs call the egg auction another chapter in the cultural slide marked by Jennycam (a Web site featuring live video of a young woman undressing and doing other normal activities in her apartment), the promised Webcast of a man and woman losing their virginity together (which turned out to be a hoax), and a human kidney auction that was conducted and aborted on eBay last month.
And the mass media, remarkably free to report on shortcomings in election administration, have been reasonably effective in their role as watchdogs.
It's not that the rich kids don't party as determinedly as the poor ones, it's that the dorms are prowled by sadistic faculty watchdogs such as Mr. Funderburk (Tim Crowe), as well as by students happy to rat out their peers if it means getting into an Ivy League school.
Campaign-finance watchdogs' spin: It's an attempt to curb DeLay's fearsome power and ruthlessness.