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1. Campaign Desk

   When is News Fit to Print?

   November 10, 2009 04:53 PM

   Update, 11/11, 1:09 p.m.: Kamran Pasha has posted a reply in the comments section below. One of the cardinal rules of the news business is: don’t run with material you can’t confirm. But another is: when big news breaks, don’t... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Another Reason Not to Rush to Judgment

   November 6, 2009 04:00 PM

   Here’s another reason to be wary about jumping to conclusions about the shooting at Fort Hood: Bill Sparkman. Sparkman is the part-time Census employee whose body was found near a cemetery in rural southeastern Kentucky on Sept.... Continue reading

3. Campaign Desk

   Jumping to Confusion

   November 6, 2009 03:45 PM

   It’s been just over twenty-four hours since Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood—more than enough time, clearly, for our pundits to begin opining on what it all means. And though those interpretations are... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   The Election’s Meaning Has Never Been Clearer

   November 5, 2009 09:53 AM

   Today’s New York Times: “Democrats to Use Election to Push Agenda in Congress” Today’s Politico: “Election result: Red-state Dems worried, rethink agenda” Continue reading

5. Campaign Desk

   Tea Leaves, Tarot Cards, and Ballots

   November 4, 2009 03:20 PM

   The coalition of media outlets pushing back against over-interpretation of the national significance of off-year elections lost a key ally today. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal offered a worthwhile reality check on the hype surrounding the voting, but, <a... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   Pushback on Polls’ Portents

   November 3, 2009 03:23 PM

   With the off-year Election Day now upon us, press outlets as diverse as Fox News and The New York Times are continuing to overemphasize the broader significance of today’s contests. (The lead headline at NYTimes.com all... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   More Thoughts on Off-Year Elections

   November 2, 2009 03:03 PM

   A few further thoughts re: my Campaign Desk post on how the media strains for meaning in off-year elections: First, the fact that a local outcome doesn’t hold great significance for divining the national mood doesn’t mean it’s... Continue reading

8. Campaign Desk

   Press to Cliché: We Just Can’t Quit You

   November 2, 2009 02:31 PM

   On Tuesday, November 3, voters around the country will go to the polls to elect officials in a variety of races. These campaigns, known as the “off-year elections” because of the absence of regularly scheduled federal contests, are mostly obscure.... Continue reading

9. The Kicker

   New Press Angle: Obama Had It Right, After All

   November 2, 2009 10:14 AM

   A little less than two weeks ago, I wrote a post noting the press’s love for stories about how the president is bungling his approach to Congress: whether he is, at a given moment, adopting an assertive public... Continue reading

10. Campaign Desk

    More on the Karzai Connection

    October 30, 2009 05:01 PM

    When I compiled my round-up of responses to the New York Times’s story on the CIA-Ahmed Wali Karzai connections, I hadn’t yet seen Jeff Stein’s interesting contrarian take, given the following subhed by Foreign... Continue reading

11. The Kicker

    CJR Flashback: Jim Brady Q&A

    October 30, 2009 02:37 PM

    At Slate, Jack Shafer simultaneously boosts his curmudgeonly critic credentials and pays a compliment to the new leader of Allbritton Communications’ planned local news site in D.C.: Who doesn't adore Jim Brady, the former executive editor of... Continue reading

12. Campaign Desk

    “Dr. No” Gets a Pass

    October 30, 2009 12:24 PM

    The front page of today’s New York Times features a profile of Tom Coburn, the proudly obstructionist Republican senator from Oklahoma. Though Coburn is a staunch social conservative (according to the story, he favors the death penalty for... Continue reading

13. The Kicker

    A Maybe-Not-So-Important Question

    October 28, 2009 06:25 PM

    A Politico story that was briefly leading the site this evening addresses one of the not-so-pressing political issues of the day: Joe Biden’s polling numbers, which are in a sharp and apparently mysterious decline. It’s one of those... Continue reading

14. The Kicker

    The Karzai Family’s Defense

    October 28, 2009 01:11 PM

    Gerald Posner of The Daily Beast has the companion piece to The New York Times’s story about the CIA’s relationship with Ahmed Wali Karzai—interviews with both Ahmed and Mahmoud Karzai, Hamid’s other brother, who deny the... Continue reading

15. Campaign Desk

    The Karzai Connection

    October 28, 2009 01:09 PM

    Today’s New York Times leads with an extraordinary article reporting that Ahmed Wali Karzai—the brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai, suspected of being a significant player in that country’s lucrative drug trade—has been on the CIA payroll for... Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    A Big Day in Afghanistan News

    October 28, 2009 09:55 AM

    If you’re at all interested in the war in Afghanistan, today’s New York Times is chock-full of must-reads. In addition to the blockbuster lead story reporting that Ahmed Wali Karzai—the brother of President Hamid Karzai and a suspected... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    Post Profiles First Official to Resign over Afghan War

    October 27, 2009 11:14 AM

    If you’ve been online today you’ve probably already seen the link, but Karen DeYoung’s Washington Post profile of Matthew Hoh, a State Department officer who recently became the first U.S. official to resign over the war in Afghanistan,... Continue reading

18. The Kicker

    What Do Voters Crave?

    October 26, 2009 05:26 PM

    There’s a lot to like in Matt Bai’s well-written New York Times Magazine story about Jon Corzine and the New Jersey governor’s race: a pithy explanation of the state’s financial woes; an interesting meditation on politicians as civics... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Invisible Influence

    October 26, 2009 02:41 PM

    Sarah Palin is unavoidable. Not content to take over our dreams, the former governor of Alaska has conquered the best-seller charts with her new memoir (even if her sales numbers have slipped slightly from... Continue reading

20. Campaign Desk

    Chamber of Confusion

    October 23, 2009 03:39 PM

    On Oct. 8, The Wall Street Journal published an article about a feud between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Apple, which had recently left the Chamber due to a disagreement over the group’s position on climate-change policy.... Continue reading

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