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Sat 04 Apr 2007Election coverage falls at first hurdleRadio Review:There was an item about the challenge of covering an election and of keeping the electorate engaged on The Tubridy Show (RTÉ Radio 1) on Wednesday, and the panel discussion quickly veered off into colourful reminiscences from veteran political commentator Rodney Rice, talk of number crunching and references to politics as a sport.It's too bad, though, that a great deal of the coverage of the upcoming election outside the news bulletins has taken this sporting analogy to heart, because it's simply boring for all but the most enthusiastic political anorak.