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1. Campaign Desk

   Covering the Dems Big Donor “Huddle”

   November 17, 2010 11:03 AM

   Last week, reports started appearing that a big group of deep-pocketed Democratic donors would be gathering this week in Washington, DC -- at the Mandarin Oriental-- to strategize, in part, about how to respond to their recent electoral "shellacking." <a... Continue reading

2. The Kicker

   Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Not Just About Alaska?

   November 15, 2010 11:53 AM

   Sarah Palin's Alaska debuted on TLC last night and this morning one can read in any number of places how the show is not just about Alaska but is also about Sarah Palin. ("Her new TLC series isn't just... Continue reading

3. The Kicker

   “Snapshots of a Time Before War”

   November 9, 2010 10:42 AM

   "I was greeted by snapshots when I first entered Iraq in 2003," writes the New York Times's Marc Santora at the Times's Lens blog. Santora, a foreign correspondent who "traveled in Iraq often from 2003 to 2010" and "is... Continue reading

4. The Kicker

   “Gut Feeling” Guides Pay-for-Play at Gawker

   November 8, 2010 05:18 PM

   How does Gawker decide whether (and how much) to pay for a story, wondered Simon Owens over at TNW? Writes Owens: Why was the iPhone story (13 million views) worth $5,000, the Christine O’Donnell story (1.2 million views)... Continue reading

5. The Kicker

   Lauer’s “Tone” Landed Bush

   November 8, 2010 03:06 PM

   Last week, Gary "Baba Booey" Dell'Abate and Buddy "The Cake Boss" Valastro talked about their new books (They Call Me Baba Booey and Cake Boss, respectively) with Today's Matt Lauer. This week, former President George W. Bush will... Continue reading

6. Campaign Desk

   An Attack Ad That Might (Still) Grab You

   November 4, 2010 01:38 PM

   At this point, a political attack ad would probably sound to you something like the voice of Charlie Brown's teacher: wah-wah-wah, wah-wah-WAH (though perhaps a tad more menacing). But a sort of unintelligible noise, still, to be expertly tuned... Continue reading

7. The Kicker

   Morning-After Headlines: Shift, Surge, Stampede

   November 3, 2010 11:58 AM

   So many ways to say it. A sampling of newspaper front pages from around the country this morning. <br... Continue reading

8. The Kicker

   Whiz. Bang. It’s Election Night

   November 2, 2010 11:56 AM

   The Associated Press reports today that "after losing viewers to cable news networks on recent election nights, television's biggest broadcasters are fighting back hard for the midterm contest," and taking the fight beyond the TV screen. So, we'll get... Continue reading

9. Campaign Desk

   If You Don’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em?

   November 2, 2010 09:45 AM

   Those heavy-spending outside groups that have come out in force this election season? We're likely to see their ilk (and their TV-ad-heavy handiwork, if not their donor lists) again in 2012, according to both the New York Times and... Continue reading

10. The Kicker

    NPR: “What Democrats Developed, Republicans Have Mastered”

    October 28, 2010 12:25 PM

    In a report earlier this week, NPR’s Peter Overby and Andrea Seabrook took a close look at some of the “ambiguous[ly]” named groups (some of which “live through the generosity of anonymous donors”) behind some of the political ads... Continue reading

11. Campaign Desk

    “This Transparency Enables Electorate to Make Informed Decisions”

    October 28, 2010 11:53 AM

    Back in January, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the following, in the opinion of the court in Citizens United v. FEC (the ruling, for under-rock dwellers, that freed corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts in candidate elections,... Continue reading

12. The Kicker

    The Dalai Lama’s Star Turn

    October 26, 2010 01:27 PM

    How did the Dalai Lama prepare his mind for the task this past weekend of "guest-editing" the Toronto Star's Sunday edition? Let's turn, for clues, to His Holiness's Twitter feed—specifically, these two tweets in the days before his... Continue reading

13. Campaign Desk

    Politico, NYT on “Impact of Outside Money”

    October 25, 2010 03:41 PM

    At Politico today, you can read about "how much Democrats want to play up the impact of outside money, much of which is undisclosed." In the New York Times, you can read about the actual impact of such... Continue reading

14. Campaign Desk

    Playing “Whac-A-Mole” With Campaign Finance Disclosure

    October 20, 2010 03:18 PM

    One of my favorite descriptions of the rapid appearance of ever more outside groups spending (who-knows-whose) money this election season is that these groups (Americans for Job Security, Crossroads GPS, and the like) have been "popping up like mushrooms after... Continue reading

15. The Kicker

    Political Reporting Deep Thought of the Day

    October 20, 2010 09:58 AM

    Do "the gloves" ever not "come off" during a political debate or in the weeks just before an election? (And if so, does "the gloves" staying on then have to be mentioned in the resulting coverage)? Continue reading

16. The Kicker

    House Hunters: Haiti Edition

    October 18, 2010 02:27 PM

    On the problem of housing in Haiti, from the Associated Press's Jonathan M. Katz (the only full-time American news correspondent stationed in Haiti prior to the January earthquake) : Haiti's brittle housing supply was shattered by the Jan. 12... Continue reading

17. The Kicker

    If By “Debate Prep” You Mean Getting A Mani-Pedi

    October 18, 2010 12:51 PM

    The New York governor’s race is not just Paladino v. Paladino. Or, even, Paladino v. Cuomo. In fact, there are seven total candidates. Here is the New York Times’s cheat sheet on the five “lesser-known” contenders who will... Continue reading

18. Campaign Desk

    WaPo Finds (Two) Concerned Taxpayers of America

    October 18, 2010 11:54 AM

    Those groups with the who'd-argue-with-that?-sounding names spending big money this election season? The Washington Post took a look at one of them on Saturday, the day after the last quarterly FEC disclosure deadline of this election season (some... Continue reading

19. Campaign Desk

    Q&A: New York Times Investigative Reporter Mike McIntire

    October 14, 2010 09:16 AM

    Mike McIntire joined the New York Times’s national investigative desk during the 2008 presidential campaign. He has also covered City Hall for the Times, where he has worked for the past seven years. Prior to that, McIntire served as an... Continue reading

20. The Kicker

    Chilean Mine Coverage: Too Much is Not Enough?

    October 13, 2010 01:53 PM

    The appearance of the following chyron marks the moment last night (it was 9:21 pm EST) when I ceased keeping vigil with Fox News outside the San Jose mine awaiting the commencement of rescue efforts: In choosing to... Continue reading

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