Campaign Desk Archive
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Outrage angle covered—now how about those gas price claims? Here's how the Denver Post and other battleground outlets can do better on the energy debate
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What’s the swingiest state of them all? By any measure, Colorado is at the center of the action in 2012
By Mary Winter
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The over-covered image war Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be "defined" early
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Medicare and the $500 billion bogeyman Will a half-truth still work for the GOP?
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The entirely predictable failure of Americans Elect A little poli-sci—or just recent history—would have helped pundits avoid the hype
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The Obama camp serves up a Bain story Some local outlets take the bait, while others offer a closer look
By Jay Jones
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Out of the living room, onto the trail To gauge what’s really happening in the TV ad war, reporters need to talk to voters
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Debating Amendment One in North Carolina Faced with an opportunity to lead civic discussion and take a stand, some papers fare better than others
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Health costs: Is Mass. the only model? What about Vermont? (Not to mention Maryland)
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Campaign Desk, The Audit
For TV, campaigns create big winners, (relative) losers Political ads may not be all "gravy" for local stations—but they're still an awfully good deal
By Erika Fry
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Campaign Desk, Page Views
What it takes to win the White House A review of Samuel L. Popkin’s The Candidate
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Pushing back, making connections Michigan political reporters have a job to do
By Anna Clark
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In Nevada, a candidate’s fecklessness on full display Some sharp interview questions leave a congressional hopeful squirming
By Jay Jones
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Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map… A glut of "swing-state" stories risks inspiring false certainty about the coming election
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How an anti-tax HIT squad employs the press "We’re pitching things and hope people run it. We’re not paying for ads”
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In Ohio, political money gets around Dayton Daily News shows how local lawmakers shuffle campaign donations to cash-strapped colleagues
By T.C. Brown
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A (blurry) snapshot of influence peddling Finding out who paid $10,000 to party with Congress members remains a reporting challenge
By Mary Winter
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Obama ‘evolves,’ Romney ‘flip-flops’ As the candidates’ positions change, reporters construct differing narratives
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Reporting on the hand that feeds In North Carolina, TV news reporters find stories in their stations’ political ad buy data
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Who you calling ‘working-class’?
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Healthcare: Do Americans get too much—or too little? A shout-out to Remapping Debate
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The Rubio romance For the national press, a harder look is in order
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New rules on political ads: how to mine them Finding gold may require a group effort
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What’s the right way to cover Joe the Plumber? Reporters in northern Ohio bring scrutiny to bear on an unusual candidate
By T.C. Brown
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Memo to Kevin Drum Mediocre stories about Social Security are not okay
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In an age of walled-off candidates, longing for LBJ Caro's latest opus offers a strong case for the enduring value of journalistic access
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28 hours of political ads (and a few minutes of news) Tallying the ad buys at six local TV stations for one Pennsylvania primary race
By Ken Knelly
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Memo to Joe Nocera Re: your vanishing retirement nest egg
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Network Anchors for Romney? Campaign ads are making greater use of TV news footage. Is that a problem?
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How Adelson’s Cash Could Really Matter And how solid campaign coverage can help voters see past the ad blitz
By Jay Jones
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Report Card on Social Security Trust Fund Coverage An F for the headlines; a C- for the stories
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
Obama promises climate talk But reporters will probably have to keep asking
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From Etch a Sketch to Hilary Rosen The new Rule Book for reporting on outbreaks of feigned outrage
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Covering Ohio’s Changing Economy Can reporters connect the candidates’ rhetoric to on-the-ground reality?
By T.C. Brown
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In Colorado, Campaign Fundraising Stories Half-Told What campaigns disclose ahead of disclosure deadlines won’t be the full story
By Mary Winter
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In a Social Campaign, What Role for the Press? A conversation with UNC's Daniel Kreiss
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In PA Primary, Television News is Late to the Game An ad barrage, but little context, depth to local on-air reporting
By Ken Knelly
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When Ads Blur the Truth, Will Coverage Fight Back? Clarity within news stories can correct dubious claims
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How the Media Has Shaped the Social Security Debate The press plays a dubious role
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The Campaign-Finance Stories That Don’t Get Written Consultants and insiders feed the fundraising frenzy. How much do they make, anyway?
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EXTRA Unpacks the Media’s Medicare Coverage Are journalists writing for doctors or for patients?
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Q&A: Dennis Myers, news editor of Reno News & Review On “inch-deep” campaign coverage and “manufactured” candidates
By Jay Jones
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The Top Campaign Finance Tools for Local News Sites And how can smaller newspapers and TV stations get this info before their audiences?
By Mary Winter
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Charlotte Journalists Tell Their City’s Story Four local experts flesh out the political scene in North Carolina
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The Dangers of Silly Season How bored reporters and social media can hype fake controversies and spread misinformation
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The War of the Dentists and their Competitors A shout-out to Kansas Public Radio
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On the Trail of Maddow’s Michigan ‘Scoop’ The MSNBC host botched the story in important ways. She should still stay on it
By Anna Clark
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In Ohio, a Good Look at Oil and Gas Influence After strong work from Dispatch, Plain Dealer notes lawmaker’s sudden fundraising success
By T.C. Brown
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Energy Ad War Revs Up in Battleground States Brace yourselves, reporters, and revisit our toolbox and chat
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As Santorum Moves On, So Does the Coverage Some quick, quality analysis in Pennsylvania mixes with lack of links, context
By Ken Knelly
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The Heartbeat-Away Derby is Under Way Treating the veepstakes like another political horse race produces lame conclusions
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Where to Turn When Tackling Money-in-Politics Stories A wealth of watchdog sites make campaign-finance data accessible, easy to work with
By Mary Winter
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Narrowcasting the 2012 Election Why media polls that slice and dice the electorate could miss the big picture
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WellPoint Raises Rates Again And the national press looks the other way
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Filling the Gaps in the Tar Heel State Nonprofit news sites offer alternative views, more depth to North Carolina’s residents
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Detroit News Offers Smart Take on Family Planning Feud But reporters should have talked to, not just about, women
By Anna Clark
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Who Got The Fox News Vote? In hours of pre-primary coverage, Rick Santorum was hard to find
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Pittsburgh-Area Reporters Tested in Ad War Incumbent clash requires more outlets to move beyond he-said, she-said to what isn’t said
By Ken Knelly
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The Case of the Disappearing Benefits Statements A good piece from the Los Angeles Times
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Does Fact-Checking Work? False Statements are Wrong Metric By naming and shaming worst offenders, reporters can make a difference
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The Plain Dealer on a Potential Senator’s ‘Estrangement’ from Truth Mandel says he won’t be swayed by fact-checks; reporter promises to stay ‘vigilant’
By T.C. Brown
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Health Reform and the Supreme Court: Day Three The press reads the tea leaves
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A Strong Veepstakes Story from the Tampa Bay Times Focus on Rubio’s deeds—not words—brings new insights
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Health Reform and the Supreme Court: Day Two Press coverage focuses on the individual mandate
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Why is the Press So Ready to Count Santorum Out? Voters think their primary choices still matter
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Health Reform and the Supreme Court: Day One Press coverage offers a little something for everyone
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News Organizations That Lobby Against Their Own Reporters’ Interests Media companies are fighting political transparency while their reporters demand it
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Mitt and the Mandate Whose paternity is it, anyway?
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Birthday Coverage for the Affordable Care Act The two faces of health reform
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Campaign Desk, The Observatory
Reporter’s Toolbox: Oil and Gas Prices Resources to help journalists stop the spin
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The Etch-a-Sketch Press How the media constructed another Romney gaffe—and why it is unlikely to matter
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Michigan’s Bad Integrity Report Card A close look at coverage in the “Trust Us State”
By Anna Clark
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Romney, BuzzFeed, and that “Hidden” Op-Ed Is the press ceding policy-shift reporting to oppo artists?
By Erika Fry
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Inspecting Local TV’s “Public Inspection Files” CJR explores the filing cabinets in five states
By The Editors
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Nine Lives of a Disputed Fact A Politico op-ed fails the fact-checking test
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