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1. The Kicker

   A Political Scientist Encounters Quote Bubble Journalism

   March 2, 2010 01:47 PM

   Henry Farrell, a professor of political science at George Washington University and a blogger at both Crooked Timber and The Monkey Cage, was recently interviewed by The Associated Press for an article about waning... Continue reading

2. Campaign Desk

   Differing Takes on Reconciliation

   March 2, 2010 10:55 AM

   Stenography-as-reporting tends to get a bad name because it allows politicians to say false or misleading things without being held accountable. But an episode over the weekend highlighted a different pitfall to the practice: by focusing only on what politicians... Continue reading

3. Behind the News

   Carlson Calling

   March 2, 2010 08:00 AM

   Earlier this year, Tucker Carlson’s already long and varied journalistic résumé added a new entry: Web impresario. In January, the conservative former Crossfire host launched The Daily Caller, a D.C.-based site that covers government and politics. Last month, Carlson spoke... Continue reading

4. Campaign Desk

   Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?

   February 26, 2010 11:17 AM

   On his way to a truly spectacular and ignominious flame-out, John Edwards seems to have left at least one political legacy: an abiding media interest in three-figure haircuts for politicians. At least, that's the conclusion I'm drawing from the headline... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   Competing Takes on Today’s Summit

   February 25, 2010 02:18 PM

   Coverage of the morning session of today's big health care summit focuses, unsurprisingly, on how the assembled political worthies are getting along and whether the president can bring about some bipartisan solution. But even within that frame, there are some... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   Marco Rubio and the Republican Elite

   February 19, 2010 01:06 PM

   Marco Rubio seems to be the breakout star of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, the yearly gathering of right-wing activists and politicians in Washington, D.C. Rubio, whose challenge to Charlie Crist in the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   More on Politics and the Economy

   February 18, 2010 01:11 PM

   A short follow-up to my “It’s Still the Economy, Stupid” piece from earlier this week: John Sides, whose post on the relationship between the economy and public trust in government I linked to, has <a href=http://www.themonkeycage.org/2010/02/the_economy_structures_everyth.html... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   Q & A: David Barstow

   February 18, 2010 08:00 AM

   As the conservative Tea Party movement has picked up steam over the past year, leading national media outlets—many of which were slow to cover the movement at first—have begun to pay more attention. On Tuesday, the movement’s mainstream media profile... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   Sounding the Alarm, or Just Sounding Off?

   February 16, 2010 09:13 AM

   In his capacity as editor of The Washington Post’s editorial page, Fred Hiatt takes a lot of criticism—some of it overwrought, much of it deserved—for things that other people have written. Monday’s Post, though, brought a change of pace: <a... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    It’s Still the Economy, Stupid

    February 15, 2010 01:55 PM

    One of the side effects of what’s been dubbed the “the permanent campaign” is a proliferation of reporting on public opinion—a steady stream of stories about what people think about government, why they think it, and how those opinions are... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    A Plan for ‘Best Practices’ on National Security Reporting

    February 12, 2010 03:06 PM

    The stories about Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Barton Gellman’s departure from The Washington Post have generally emphasized his new job as a contributing editor-at-large and columnist for Time magazine. But Gellman will also have another new role, as a senior research... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    U.S. Military Releases Freelance Photographer in Iraq

    February 11, 2010 01:33 PM

    A brief item in the January/February print edition of CJR noted that 2009 marked the sixth consecutive year in which the United States has been included on the Committee to Project Journalists’ list of countries currently jailing journalists. The designation... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    Palin’s Populist Appeal Still Mostly Missing in Polls

    February 11, 2010 11:30 AM

    Nothing draws attention on the Internet like a column about Sarah Palin, so David Broder’s latest—arguing that the former Alaska governor offers “a pitch-perfect recital of the populist message that has worked in campaigns past,” and thus she... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    Unforced Error at Salon

    February 9, 2010 11:32 AM

    It’s not often that, barely a week after sparking a mini media circus by being arrested on federal property in the course of an undercover operation, an individual can be at the center of another press controversy. But in James... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    O’Keefe, Etc.

    February 5, 2010 04:56 PM

    James O’Keefe is a hell of a problem for the press. Whatever else he is, O’Keefe is an instigator par excellence, and wherever he goes accusations of “journalistic malpractice”—to borrow a phrase—fly in all directions. Addressing them all would be... Continue reading

16. Campaign Desk

    The Ethics of Undercover Journalism

    February 4, 2010 02:57 PM

    When news broke in late January that James O’Keefe and three other men, two of whom were costumed as telephone repairmen, had been arrested by federal authorities and charged with “interfering” with the phone system at the New Orleans office... Continue reading

17. Campaign Desk

    Questions for Question Time

    February 4, 2010 08:16 AM

    The widespread media enthusiasm that greeted President Obama’s televised Q&A last Friday with Republican congressmen now has an official outlet. On Wednesday, an open letter signed by an ideologically diverse selection of worthies from the journalism and media worlds, and... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    Historical Precedents for Criticism of the Court

    January 29, 2010 10:47 AM

    Adam Liptak does great work covering the Supreme Court for The New York Times, and his piece today about Barack Obama’s very public criticism of the Citizens United decision is worth a read. But I want to provide... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Assessing Obama

    January 28, 2010 08:58 AM

    President Obama’s first State of the Union address is in the books, and by the morning after the process of analyzing, scrutinizing, and slicing and dicing it in the media is well under way. So what are reporters, pundits, and... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Frum: Send O’Keefe to J-School

    January 27, 2010 12:35 PM

    My roundup of right-wing reaction to the arrest of James O'Keefe and three others missed this from David Frum, bolstering his unpredictable conservative credentials: I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict: the... Continue reading

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