Going Rogue Again: “Obama’s Wars” Preview a Distraction

All eyes on the publicity machine

By Joel Meares   Sep 22, 2010 at 05:56 PM

Bob Woodward’s latest book, Obama’s Wars, has had the kind of publicity-filled day most authors can only dream of: send... More

Inside Gibbs’s Twitter Psyche

By Joel Meares   Sep 21, 2010 at 05:07 PM

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs found his Twitter account going “haywire” earlier today after the social networking system was... More

Old Dog With New Tricks

PBS NewsHour launches new politics site

By Joel Meares   Sep 21, 2010 at 12:38 PM

There’s been a lot of activity over at PBS NewsHour this past year. First came the jazzy makeover that saw... More

Tiles, the Issues Wheel, and the Ask America Van

Yahoo News’s hyper-interactive new midterm election site

By Joel Meares   Sep 20, 2010 at 03:12 PM

Yahoo News’s recently launched “Ask America” site has an intro that comes at you like a Pixar rendering of Obama’s... More

Times Misfires With Ad Story, True Or Not

Front page story focuses on political maybes

By Joel Meares   Sep 20, 2010 at 12:12 PM

You’ve probably read about the to-and-fro between the White House and the Times over today’s cover story, headlined “Obama Advisers... More

Q&A: Hawaii Political Reporter Dan Boylan

“It’s the most chaotic election we’ve ever had.”

By Joel Meares   Sep 16, 2010 at 04:16 PM

Professor and political reporter Dan Boylan recently retired from teaching history at the University of Hawaii—West Oahu campus; but there’s... More

“Nice Ascot”: CNN Analyst’s New Fashion Line

By Joel Meares   Sep 16, 2010 at 10:49 AM

Journalist, CNN talking head, and now runaway-ready clothes hanger Roland Martin has teamed with a company named Verse 9 Neckwear... More

O’Donnell Wins, GOP Loses, But Where Are The Voters?

A post-primary day wrap-up

By Joel Meares   Sep 15, 2010 at 12:48 PM

It’s the morning after the last major round of primaries and a new political star is born in “dissident,” “little-known... More

Primary Day: A Reporter’s Eye View

Meet the journalists covering today’s big races

By Joel Meares   Sep 14, 2010 at 06:00 AM

It’s a mini “Super Tuesday” for the nation’s top half today with midterm primaries being held in seven northern states:... More

O’Donnell: Seismic Quake Or Y2K Fizzer

Delaware’s not so calm before tomorrow’s primary storm

By Joel Meares   Sep 13, 2010 at 12:12 PM

There are seven primaries being held in the north tomorrow. But in the national eye there may as well just... More

Q&A: New Hampshire’s James Pindell, political editor of WMUR.com

“I’m a political dork who went to college in Des Moines because of the Iowa caucuses.”

By Joel Meares   Sep 13, 2010 at 11:18 AM

Political junkie James Pindell joined New Hampshire’s Hearst-owned TV station WMUR last Tuesday as its first official online political editor.... More

Q&A: Rhode Island Political Analyst Scott Mackay

“Patrick Kennedy could have won but it would have been a brutal race.”

By Joel Meares   Sep 10, 2010 at 03:42 PM

After twenty-five years at The Providence Journal, Rhode Island reporter Scott Mackay moved to the state’s NPR affiliate, WRNI, in... More

Not Happy Sharron

Nevada journalist scorned by Angle on debate

By Joel Meares   Sep 10, 2010 at 12:53 PM

The tussle between Sharron "earned media" Angle and the press continues. At 3.19 p.m. yesterday, Nevada journalist Jon Ralston received... More

AP: Media Voice of Reason?

By Joel Meares   Sep 9, 2010 at 05:47 PM

Last month, the AP ran a “fact check” on the “Ground Zero Mosque” story and cautioned its reporters against the... More

“Mike, You Ignorant Slut.”

Politico’s new opinion writers should feel right at home

By Joel Meares   Sep 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM

The Times announced today that former Florida congressman Morning Joe Scarborough will join Politico as one of the website’s first... More