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Behind the News
Shadow Lobbying
April 27, 2004 02:54 PMBy Susan Q. Stranahan A largely behind-the-scenes lobbying effort is underway that could affect the manner in which campaigns are financed during this election, and many to come. That effort may also have the unintended effect of rocking the... Continue reading
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Politics
Regional Focus, National Focus
April 27, 2004 12:43 PMFour hours, a million bucks, and a policy speech. That sums up George Bush's visit to Minnesota yesterday. And depending on who did the reporting, the trip offered something for everyone covering the race. Jim Ragsdale and Bill Salisbury... Continue reading
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Politics
Battlefield Plans
April 26, 2004 02:33 PMFor months, the national media has spoon-fed us this wisdom: Ohio is a make-or-break state for the Kerry campaign. Why Ohio, and what are the issues there? That's the question Carl Weiser of Gannett's Washington bureau tackled yesterday.... Continue reading
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The Water Cooler
Ron Brownstein on Tail Winds, Floorboards, and Butterfly Wings
April 23, 2004 10:11 AMRon Brownstein Ron Brownstein is the national political correspondent and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and an analyst for CNN. He joined the Times in... Continue reading
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Politics
Anybody Get The License Number of That Truck?
April 19, 2004 11:17 AMEvery reporter learns early on that two different witnesses to a vehicular accident often offer wildly different descriptions. John Kerry appeared on "Meet the Press" yesterday, and, while it didn't exactly qualify as a car wreck, we here... Continue reading
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Politics
Putting a Sock In It
April 19, 2004 10:28 AMColumn-writing is a brutal occupation. The beast is insatiable; it must be constantly fed. Some days you can serve up filet, some days stale fish sticks with freezer burn. In sitting down to write her regular Monday White House... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Bloggers Go Global
April 16, 2004 11:50 AMAmy Elizabeth Sullivan at PoliticalAims (who confesses a fondness for hockey over media gaggles) is still mulling some of George Bush's language during his Tuesday press conference. (She listened to it on radio, so no distractions from the <a... Continue reading
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Blog Report
The Day After, The Tax Man Cometh
April 15, 2004 01:12 PMA day after the post-Bush press conference cyber-frenzy, poli-bloggers as a group appear to have rolled over, sighed in exhaustion and reached for a cigarette. (Campaign Desk knows the feeling.) But while the mood is markedly mellower, it is... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Rating the Prez & His Press
April 14, 2004 11:29 AMThe bulk of the Blog World undoubtedly is sleeping in this morning, having been up so late last night venting, er, composing. If the president's press conference stirred up nothing else, it did serve to get those creative juices flowing.... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Ready for Prime Time
April 13, 2004 12:15 PMGeorge Bush's third prime-time press conference, scheduled for this evening, sent bloggers racing to their keyboards. Describing the president's decision to meet the media as "news that shouldn't be news," Amy Sullivan envisions a polite give-and-take, courtesy of... Continue reading
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Politics
Accounting 101
April 12, 2004 04:55 PMIt's a good thing New York Times reporter Glen Justice isn't keeping the books over at the Kerry or Bush campaigns. He has a real problem with properly identifying campaign donors -- a real no-no in accounting circles, and not... Continue reading
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Blog Report
Turning Up the Heat on Kerry
April 12, 2004 01:03 PMWhile much of the blog world is still busy parsing the language of the most famous Presidential Daily Briefing ever and debating both the veracity of Condi Rice and the White House's level of engagement, a few contrarian pundits are... Continue reading
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Politics
American-Statesman’s “Great Divide” Part II
April 8, 2004 02:55 PMThe bedrock of American democracy -- the give and take of ideas among voters with disparate beliefs -- is rapidly disappearing in much of the country. In its place is an increasingly isolated citizenry who live and work among those... Continue reading
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Politics
Going the Extra Inch
April 7, 2004 01:09 PMWhile the rest of the media is in full battle mode today speculating about national security advisor Condoleezza Rice's testimony tomorrow before the ten-member commission investigating the September 11th terrorist attack, USA Today's Mimi Hall is looking backward and <a... Continue reading
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Politics
Background Noise
April 6, 2004 11:32 AMRegular readers of Campaign Desk know we have a thing about anonymous sources -- and some gripes about how new rules that limit their use are being routinely side-stepped. Today, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank flips over the... Continue reading
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Politics
The Austin American-Statesman Shows the Wai
April 5, 2004 11:13 AMNationwide, America appears to be almost equally divided, with Democrats and Republicans in a 50-50 balance. If nothing else, that ought to lead to plenty of spirited back-and-forth among friends and neighbors, right? Nope. Look closer and that balance goes... Continue reading
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Behind the News
Where We Are, How We Got Here
April 4, 2004 10:01 AMBy Susan Q. Stranahan Is this presidential election campaign being covered any differently, or any better, than past campaigns? While there are seven months to go before the initial vote is tallied, there has already been plenty of election... Continue reading
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Politics
Putting Us There
April 1, 2004 03:59 PMOf this, voters in Ohio can be certain: Before November, they'll see plenty of the candidates and their surrogates. As a designated battleground state, Ohio is currently considered a toss-up between President Bush and Sen. Kerry. Voters also... Continue reading
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Politics
The Sole of the Campaign
April 1, 2004 02:37 PMEvery once in a while here at Campaign Desk we amaze ourselves with our ability to spot trends long before anyone else. We read with interest today's New York Times report about a campaign appearance by Sen. John Kerry.... Continue reading
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Politics
States of the Union
March 30, 2004 12:07 PMGeorge Bush and John Kerry aren't the only office-seekers cooing at babies, petting cows and giving high-fives this campaign season. Although the run for the White House has garnered most of the media attention thus far, races for control of... Continue reading
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The Audit Business
- Reuters’s OKC gusher Its outstanding Chesapeake Energy investigation turns toward the gas driller SandRidge
- Audit Notes: insider trading versus CDO fraud, 401(k)s, lead and crime Rough treatment for inside-trading suspects contrasts with CDO probes
The Observatory Science
- Environment coverage TBD The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
- Call in the math club Science reporters can help ward off a “Big Data bubble”
United States Project Politics & Policy
- The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
- Hey readers: They’re bluffing! (maybe) The need to put political bargaining positions in context
Behind the News The Media
- German bill would charge for aggregation The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
- Gun permit data wasn’t maximized The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
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