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1. Feature

   Piecemeal existence

   July 31, 2012 11:05 AM

   In 2009, an editor for a new website called The Faster Times, which sought to be “an edgier Huffington Post,” emailed to ask if I was interested in a part-time job. I didn’t know it was possible to... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   The Right-Wing Media’s Discipline Machine

   February 15, 2012 01:16 PM

   When Mitt Romney was asked at a New Hampshire town hall in June 2011 about climate change, he probably did not think he was taking a risk by admitting that it is happening. “I believe based on what I read... Continue reading

3. Behind the News

   Park Slope Pundits Get the Story Wrong

   February 8, 2012 12:47 PM

   I grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, so a headline on The New Yorker's homepage Monday, declaring "Park Slope is Dead," piqued my interest. Alas, the story contained no new information, only inaccurate riffing on something I already knew about:... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   A Trail of Unexpected Costs on the Campaign Trail

   January 24, 2012 03:30 PM

   My first visit to New Hampshire in this election cycle came just days before the Iowa caucuses. With most political reporters in Iowa, finding an affordable hotel room in a small, rural, New England state in December was as easy... Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   Reporting from the Right

   May 12, 2011 03:23 PM

   In the domestic Cold War a reporting gap has developed: a number of left-leaning web sites such as The Huffington Post and the TPM and Think Progress blog networks have sprung up to report as well as opine. They dig... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   The Problem with Covering Polls

   April 8, 2011 12:30 PM

   Thursday afternoon, Daily Caller editor Tucker Carlson tweeted the link to a story on his website, saying "and the poor get poorer." The only problem? The Daily Caller item contains no evidence of any kind for Carlson's assertion.... Continue reading

7. Campaign Desk

   The Real Problem with Fox News

   March 25, 2011 04:35 PM

   On Thursday night, Fox News anchor Bret Baier was Jon Stewart’s guest on The Daily Show. The two men went back and forth about whether Fox is predominantly conservative opinion programming or straight news, with Baier contending that “viewers can... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   WaPo’s New Opinion Tabs Miss the Mark

   March 17, 2011 01:41 PM

   The Washington Post, as part of its ongoing web redesign, unveiled an addition to its online opinions section on Monday. Now there are tabs for left-leaning columnists and right-leaning columnists; you can even subscribe... Continue reading

9. Feature

   Heresy on the Right

   May 18, 2009 08:00 AM

   Electoral defeat tends to spawn bouts of ideological tinkering—when the Democrats lost the presidential election in 2004, a clutch of books soon emerged, bristling with prescriptions for the ailing left. Last year’s resounding losses for the GOP, from John McCain... Continue reading