SNL’s Debate Send-Up (The Early Edition)

By Megan Garber   Oct 10, 2008 at 02:32 PM

Saturday Night Live--the latest outlet, it seems, to fall victim to the blink-and-you-miss-it speed of the contemporary political news cycle--has... More

Politicians and the Press: A Long History of Love and Hate (and Especially Hate)

By Megan Garber   Oct 10, 2008 at 02:04 PM

From the "alas, 'twas always thus" department: PEJ turns in a brief but interesting study of the long history of... More

Rule #1 of Direct Democracy: Don’t Hassle the Hoff

By Megan Garber   Oct 10, 2008 at 08:55 AM

Barack Obama, having apparently decided that all the glowing press reports about The Imminence of His Victory and everything won't... More

Panic! At the Newsroom

By Megan Garber   Oct 10, 2008 at 08:50 AM

The Daily Show lampoons Fox News's unique take on The Great Panic of 2008. That panic is not economic: More

Ayers Supply

How should the press be covering the resurgence of Bill Ayers?

By Megan Garber   Oct 10, 2008 at 08:47 AM

Last Sunday, The New York Times fronted a 2,150-word article about Barack Obama's association with Bill Ayers, co-founder of the... More

Take a Letter, Noam Scheiber…Address It to “Dear Friends”…

By Megan Garber   Oct 8, 2008 at 03:26 PM

Noam Scheiber has done it again. This time, the Palin-phernalia he's dredged up in his reporting about the political history... More

McAnger: A Photo Essay

Today’s papers put the ‘icky’ in ‘Mavericky’

By Megan Garber   Oct 8, 2008 at 02:39 PM

So I couldn't help but notice a weird little trend among the stories summarizing last night's presidential debate. The trend... More

Trust the Facts, Ma’am

From the “it’s not too much to ask” department: truth-squadding during the nets’ debate specials

By Megan Garber   Oct 8, 2008 at 09:08 AM

On CNN last night, as a tired-looking David Gergen was decrying, in a dull monotone, his assessment of the second... More

And Then, Suddenly, We Were All Guilty by Association

By Megan Garber   Oct 8, 2008 at 08:10 AM

On yesterday's post-debate episode of Hannity and Colmes--Live From The Spin Room!--Sean and Alan hosted Obama communications director Robert Gibbs.... More

Norquist: “McCain is Reagan”

…and other absolutely shocking revelations

By Megan Garber   Oct 8, 2008 at 07:35 AM

Isn't it refreshing when ideologues and partisans, discussing a particular political event, actually end up offering insight into that event... More

Katie and Sarah, Round 793: In Which All the Awkwardness Enters Our Lives Anew

By Megan Garber   Oct 7, 2008 at 03:18 PM

There is a very real chance that the Katie Couric/Sarah Palin interview--"the gift that keeps on giving" to some; "the... More

The Whole Kit and Ca-doodle

By Megan Garber   Oct 7, 2008 at 11:27 AM

The New Republic's Noam Scheiber makes a find that demonstrates why those time-honored journalistic mandates—"go there," "check it out," "gather... More

Breaking: Pope Says Wall Street Doesn’t Exist! Kinda!

By Megan Garber   Oct 6, 2008 at 03:54 PM

We expend a lot of energy decrying pontification on cable news, in the op-ed pages of the major papers, in... More

Veeps and Bounds

By Megan Garber   Oct 6, 2008 at 01:32 PM

A couple months ago, when Veepstakes speculation was at its inane/pointless/baffling height, Campaign Desk asked a favor of the press:... More

A Higher Register

Triumph beats truth in today’s spate of voter-registration stories

By Megan Garber   Oct 6, 2008 at 01:11 PM

Today is the deadline, in nineteen states, for residents to register to vote in the presidential election that will take... More