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1. Politics

   Thumbsuckers Switch Thumbs

   April 12, 2004 03:31 PM

   While CNN and the Washington Post (among others) continue to focus on the veep-stakes -- and the latest odds for a Kerry-McCain ticket -- the Los Angeles Times' Ronald Brownstein yesterday kicked off a corresponding contest: The... Continue reading

2. The Water Cooler

   Alexandra Marks On Dean’s Downfall, Reporting On Her Former Boss, and “Firing” Lieberman

   April 9, 2004 05:29 PM

   Alexandra Marks Alexandra Marks is a New York-based senior correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor where she has worked for ten years (from 1991 to 1993, and... Continue reading

3. Blog Report

   Whole Lotta Tree-Shakin’ Going On?

   April 9, 2004 12:19 PM

   While some are tired of fly-swatting, many sphere-dwellers are doing their best to exterminate the pests creating the post-Rice testimony media buzz. Cable Newser deems Tom Shales' piece in today's Washington Post worthy of two separate posts.... Continue reading

4. Blog Report

   It’s Group Hug Time in the Blogosphere

   April 8, 2004 11:11 AM

   It's game day as National Security Adviser Condaleezza Rice goes to the mound against the lineup of the 9/11 Commission, and bloggers are gathered eagerly in their front-row seats. Will Rice whiff the side, or will she give up... Continue reading

5. Blog Report

   Say Kids, What Time is It?

   April 7, 2004 10:43 AM

   In a headline reminiscent of the Howdy Doody Show theme song (feel free to sing along, now) Electablog's Dave Pell writes,"It's Condoleezza Time," in anticipation of the National Security Adviser's testimony tomorrow before the 9/11 commission. The networks... Continue reading

6. Blog Report

   You Talkin’ to Me?

   April 6, 2004 11:10 AM

   The President traveled to the Tar Heel State on Monday, accompanied by the usual press entourage. Polibloggers, as far as Campaign Desk knows, were not among them. This did not stop some in the 'sphere from taking a stab at... Continue reading

7. Politics

   Glover in No Hurry, Nagourney Moving Fast

   April 5, 2004 05:53 PM

   Remember the scene from the movie "Annie Hall" in which Woody Allen's psychiatrist asks him about the frequency of his sex life, to which the agitated Allen responds in exasperation, "Hardly ever ... maybe three times a week?" Followed by... Continue reading

8. Blog Report

   Waffles, Veepstakes and a Quiz

   April 5, 2004 10:39 AM

   Duck! It's bombs away in the blogosphere this morning, and the target is Google. It's dyspepsia payback time over at a blog called Democrats Give Conservatives Indigestion, where they're serving up waffles at the urging of fellow right-leaning blogger... Continue reading

9. Politics

   Taking Us Behind the Scenes

   April 2, 2004 02:53 PM

   The Washington Post's David Finkel today has a fascinating behind-the-scenes-at-the-Bureau-of-Labor-Statistics article in which he describes the run-up to the release -- at 8:30 this morning -- of the March employment data. The monthly data release, Finkel writes, sets off... Continue reading

10. Politics

    Gaming the Media 101

    April 1, 2004 04:46 PM

    By Liz Cox Barrett Any political campaign advisor worth his six-figure paycheck knows how to game the media. For example, a campaign will unveil a new advertisement (or press release or statement) knowing that it will bounce around for... Continue reading

11. Politics

    AP’s Lazy Laundry List

    March 31, 2004 05:28 PM

    As Campaign Desk has pointed out (more than once), sometimes the press takes talking points from a political party or candidate and presents them as a "story." Yesterday Campaign Desk found an example of the press in effect... Continue reading

12. Politics

    The L.A. Times Discovers Mrs. Dickerson

    March 30, 2004 05:36 PM

    Newsflash from the Los Angeles Times: The longer a candidate is out on the campaign trail, the more proficient he or she often becomes at creating and controlling photo ops. It reminds Campaign Desk of that old bromide favored by... Continue reading

13. Politics

    Still “Shocking” After All These Weeks

    March 29, 2004 03:12 PM

    To students of Greek mythology, Echo is a beautiful wood nymph; to Campaign Desk, echo journalism is a vampire, and we're here to drive a stake through its heart every time it rises from the grave. To that end, back... Continue reading

14. The Water Cooler

    Becky Diamond on “Pulling Teeth” and Orange Bowling on the Kerry Campaign

    March 26, 2004 05:56 PM

    Becky Diamond Since September, 35-year-old Becky Diamond has been on the campaign trail (plane, bus, rental car) covering Sen. John Kerry for NBC News and MSNBC, contributing... Continue reading

15. Politics

    Reggie On the Rocks

    March 26, 2004 03:15 PM

    While bigshot East Coast reporters explored the Republican National Committee's impressively outfitted Reggie the (voter) Registration Rig yesterday amid the chaos of New York City's Times Square, Michael Nicoloff of the Willamette Week in Portland, Oregon found... Continue reading

16. Behind the News

    Total Republicans Live

    March 25, 2004 11:48 PM

    Campaign Desk/Liz Cox Barrett After a night's rest in Secaucus, New Jersey, Reggie the Registration Rig -- the Republican National Committee's 18-wheel voter registration truck --... Continue reading

17. Politics

    Serving Up the Green Stuff

    March 25, 2004 12:42 PM

    With plenty of deliciously partisan back-and -forth to tempt a political reporter's tummy lately, The Christian Science Monitor's Brad Knickerbocker today offers readers this healthy alternative: an issue article. Yes, Knickerbocker has written a story that attempts to, within... Continue reading

18. Politics

    While Diane’s Away, the Mice Replay

    March 24, 2004 12:57 PM

    We've all had that delicious moment of temptation at one time or another: "The boss is away; I can do whatever I want!" Apparently, for the staff of ABC's "Good Morning America," that moment came this morning. Unfortunately, they... Continue reading

19. Politics

    “You Can Check Out Any Time You Want, But You Can Never Leave”

    March 23, 2004 03:36 PM

    Today, the Los Angeles Times' Eric Slater writes somewhat sheepishly in his "Dispatch from Ketchum" that "this area in south-central Idaho is getting its first feel of how life would change if [Sen. John] Kerry wins the White House,"... Continue reading

20. Politics

    Policy? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Policy!

    March 19, 2004 05:19 PM

    We know that many in the press prefer to focus first on the fray -- most recently, who's no longer above it and why (no one needs Nexis to know that the word "fray" has been overused already this election... Continue reading

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