North Korean Newspaper Goes English on Web

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jan 11, 2012 at 11:05 PM

Last month, on the occasion of the passing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, I reviewed the 1983 Pyongyang-published book,... More

Best of 2011: Liz Cox Barrett

From Nevada to Paint Creek, Barrett picks her top stories from 2011

By Liz Cox Barrett   Jan 3, 2012 at 06:00 AM

Unpacking Rory Reid’s 91 PACs Maneuver Where there are campaign finance laws, there are work-arounds. And Jon Ralston, as... More

The Great Teacher of Journalists: Kim Jong-il

How the Dear Leader was (and was not) like your editor

By Liz Cox Barrett   Dec 20, 2011 at 04:24 PM

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has died. A couple of days, perhaps, after the Dear Leader passed, the state news... More

Hints of Ben Smith’s BuzzFeed Move?

By Liz Cox Barrett   Dec 12, 2011 at 03:53 PM

Early today, Politico's Ben Smith announced that he will be "giving up this blog" (the recently renamed and relaunched "Ben... More

Immediate Returns

Ben Smith is not an old-school political reporter

By Liz Cox Barrett   Dec 2, 2011 at 06:00 AM

Thirty-five-year-old Ben Smith reports on national politics for Politico from a rent-a-desk writers’ workspace on the first floor of... More

Back to Watergate Era “Bags of Cash”?

NPR on what was illegal then is “fair game” now

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 16, 2011 at 01:50 PM

“The pre-Watergate bags of cash are back,” declares MSNBC’s First Read this morning, pointing to a New York Times piece... More

Found: Coverage of FEC “Stalemate”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 8, 2011 at 09:45 AM

ProPublica’s Marian Wang describes in a piece posted yesterday the ongoing “gridlock” at the Federal Election Commission (the agency, Wang... More

ProPublica’s Rad Redistricting Music Video

By Liz Cox Barrett   Nov 2, 2011 at 04:07 PM

Nearly as catchy as “Fifty Nifty United States” and undoubtedly more edifying than a semester in Mr. Lewis's fourth period... More

NYT Lets You Play Political Donor

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 17, 2011 at 04:05 PM

Want to give $1 million to Herman Cain's presidential effort but don't want the public to be privy to your... More

GOP Debate: Animal Planet or Wizard of Oz

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 12, 2011 at 02:09 PM

Today is the day when columnists in our capital compare the GOP presidential candidates to nonhumans and liken the experience... More

New Yorker on Art Pope’s “Singular Influence Machine”

North Carolina, Jane Mayer writes, is a “state for sale”

By Liz Cox Barrett   Oct 4, 2011 at 05:31 PM

Just over a year ago, The New Yorker published Jane Mayer’s widely-discussed look at the “covert operations” of the “billionaire... More

Obama Campaign Shows Fundraising “Strength”?

Reuters, AP (and NYT) offer differing takes

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 27, 2011 at 04:51 PM

Should Team Obama be feeling optimistic or concerned about its fundraising prospects this election cycle? That depends. It depends, of... More

Count the Chris Christie Headlines…

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 27, 2011 at 03:38 PM

…appearing on Politico’s home page right now (here's a screen shot): I spy these four highly informative headlines: "Christie Still... More

Profiling Paint Creek

CBS News, NYT point the way

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 21, 2011 at 10:48 AM

So, you’re a member of the national media tasked with heading to west Texas to capture for your non-west Texas... More

“The National Media” and Perry

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 19, 2011 at 01:33 PM

Some interesting bits from Politico’s recent piece on "the hunger for information" about Rick Perry and how “the Texas press... More