Campaign Desk

After the Google/Fox Debate, Five Annoyances

Dog poop jokes and that blasted chat chime at GOP debate suggest Google’s not that smart

By Erika Fry   Sep 23, 2011 at 04:09 PM

Some things irritated us about last night’s debate and the post-debate wrap-up. Some were small—say, the use of the Gmail... More

Keeping an Eye on Patient Safety, Part IV

Sac Bee catches nursing home lies

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 23, 2011 at 11:31 AM

Slowly the public is coming to realize that health care institutions are not always safe places. Since the Institute of... More

Sound Off

How audience reaction distorts political debates

By Erika Fry   Sep 21, 2011 at 11:20 AM

Ah, another week, another gimmick-ridden Republican debate. Tomorrow’s, in Orlando, is billed as the Fox News/Google debate and is held... More

Profiling Paint Creek

CBS News, NYT point the way

By Liz Cox Barrett   Sep 21, 2011 at 10:48 AM

So, you’re a member of the national media tasked with heading to west Texas to capture for your non-west Texas... More

Passing Interference

As politicians find new ways to connect with voters, journalists need a fresh playbook

By Greg Marx   Sep 20, 2011 at 10:44 AM

At the Poynter site last week, Jason Fry had a sharp post about a major change reshaping the sports journalism... More

On priorities and presidents

By Erika Fry   Sep 19, 2011 at 05:09 PM

If you tuned into one of the Sunday morning talk shows yesterday—that most coveted of political press spots, conveying what... More

Perry Misleads on RomneyCare

Socialized medicine, really?

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 19, 2011 at 01:08 PM

It's becoming clear that Rick Perry has never met a buzzword he doesn’t like. We’ve heard that Social Security is... More

Palin’s Basketball Diaries

By Erika Fry   Sep 15, 2011 at 05:54 PM

Yes, we've been reviewing the media's coverage of social security and health care and the jobs plan, but we've also... More

Conflict in Israel?

A problematic speaking deal at The New York Times

By Max Blumenthal   Sep 14, 2011 at 12:02 PM

Running the Jerusalem bureau for The New York Times is a tough job in a hypersensitive area, one that attracts... More

Deep Health Care Problems under Rick Perry’s Watch

Deep in the heart of Texas

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 14, 2011 at 12:01 PM

With the media hyper-focused on Texas governor Rick Perry’s not-too-flattering comments about Social Security, health care in his state seems... More

Rhetorical Differences

Drew Westen misses the constraints on Obama’s presidential oratory

By Greg Marx   Sep 13, 2011 at 11:04 AM

About five weeks ago, the psychology professor Drew Westen published a very long and not very persuasive essay in The... More

Forget That Ponzi Scheme Stuff

It’s the tax holiday, stupid

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 12, 2011 at 01:22 PM

At the end of August, Nebraska senator Ben Nelson, a Democrat up for reelection next year, told members of the... More

Diverse Concerns

The unfortunate messages sent by Telemundo’s debate treatment

By Erika Fry   Sep 8, 2011 at 04:55 PM

Among the stranger moments of the MSNBC-Politico debate last night was the brief cameo of a Spanish-language journalist—the “Brian Williams... More

An Inflated Claim

After Republican debate, facts needed on monetary policy

By Greg Marx   Sep 8, 2011 at 04:33 PM

Last night was debate night for the Republican presidential contenders, which means today is “fact-check” day for the political press.... More

Poking Holes in the Massachusetts Mantra

The part of the story that the Times didn’t tell

By Trudy Lieberman   Sep 8, 2011 at 03:51 PM

Sunday’s New York Times piece comparing the records of GOP presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Jon Huntsman on... More