Live-Blogging President-Elect Obama’s First Press Conference

By Megan Garber   Nov 7, 2008 at 02:25 PM

CJR staff, tongue partially in cheek, will be live-blogging Obama's first press conference as President-Elect. Feel free to join us... More

Inquiring Minds, Rejoice!

By Megan Garber   Nov 7, 2008 at 01:16 PM

We may soon learn what Sarah Palin thinks about Alaska's chilly weather! Drudge is reporting that Greta Van Susteren--she of... More

Oprah Gives Another Endorsement

By Megan Garber   Nov 7, 2008 at 12:40 PM

Oprah, apparently, has one more Favorite Thing to add to her list: the Chicago Sun-Times. On Wednesday, the uber-host walked... More

Kudos to the WaPo…

By Megan Garber   Nov 7, 2008 at 12:28 PM

...for this moving, important, and brilliantly written profile of Eugene Allen, a White House butler for thirty-four years who, since... More

Princess Leia Ain’t Cheap

By Megan Garber   Nov 7, 2008 at 09:02 AM

The Chicago Tribune estimates that CNN's ridiculous/awesome/innovative/bizarre/unnecessary election-night holograms cost, in all, between...$300,000 and $400,000. Andrew Orloff estimates that, anyway.... More

Plumbers, Infomercials, Terminators, and Holograms!

By Megan Garber   Nov 7, 2008 at 08:41 AM

Slate sums up the end of the presidential race in two minutes: More

“Unfortunately, He Was Not in the Mood to Be Pet”

By Megan Garber   Nov 6, 2008 at 05:53 PM

Presidential pooch Barney does what his owner has probably been tempted to do on several occasions: More

Chris Matthews: “My Job Is to Help This Country”

By Megan Garber   Nov 6, 2008 at 12:00 PM

Chris Matthews might need a refresher course...in Journalism 101. Talking about the Rahm Emanuel rumors with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski,... More

Obama Thanks Traveling Press for “A Good Long Ride”

By Megan Garber   Nov 4, 2008 at 10:25 AM

As a long, intensive, work-filled school year comes to a close--as graduation nears, as vacation approaches--the weather isn't the only... More

Race in the Race

A Q&A with Eric Deggans, media critic for the St. Petersburg Times

By Megan Garber   Nov 4, 2008 at 09:40 AM

Eric Deggans is the media critic at the St. Petersburg Times, a position he has held since 2005. When Obama... More

The Undecideds

Give them a break, already!

By Megan Garber   Nov 3, 2008 at 04:55 PM

Maybe they're "sheepish." Maybe they're "proud." Maybe they're "terminally uninterested in politics." Maybe they're "fed up." Maybe they're "sick of... More

Commitment Issues

In which the LA Times is decidedly mocking of Undecideds

By Megan Garber   Oct 31, 2008 at 03:45 PM

Is there anything in this world more baffling than an undecided voter? Lacking, as a group, the noble self-sufficiency of... More

Expanding WaPo(litical Coverage)

By Megan Garber   Oct 31, 2008 at 01:52 PM

Next week, post-election, Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli informed staff today, DC's hometown paper will create a new Web feature... More

All Hallows (Pe)Eved

By Megan Garber   Oct 31, 2008 at 01:02 PM

David Shuster is, apparently, that dude: the guy at the Halloween party--the smug-looking one, over there in the corner--who is... More

The Economist: The Ultimate Swing Voter

By Megan Garber   Oct 31, 2008 at 11:34 AM

The Corner's Andrew Stuttaford reacts to The Economist's Obama endorsement: The Economist.......endorses Obama, as it did John Kerry (2004), Bill... More