Campaign Desk

“Top Secret” Co-Author under Fire, for Some Reason

Politico fans the flames of lackluster Arkin “controversy”

By Mark Greenbaum   Jul 21, 2010 at 04:46 PM

Earlier this week, Politico took a look at “Top Secret America,” the three-part series running in The Washington Post this... More

How do you know what a poll number is worth?

After survey scandals, transparency’s the buzz word

By Clint Hendler   Jul 21, 2010 at 12:41 PM

In late June, Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, the publisher of DailyKos, published a study on his site that he said pointed... More

The Other Liz

Liz Fowler and the WellPoint connection

By Trudy Lieberman   Jul 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM

The press has been abuzz lately about the possible appointment of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren to head the Federal... More

The Economy and Politics, One More Time

Do we need to worry about journalists overstating the economy’s role?

By Greg Marx   Jul 21, 2010 at 08:30 AM

For awhile now I’ve been trying to get more journalists to acknowledge that the economy is a powerful driver of... More

Et Tu, WaPo?

The Post’s weightless weigh-in on the Black Panthers coverage

By Joel Meares   Jul 20, 2010 at 04:35 PM

Looks like Fox News’s Megyn Kelly got what she wanted: everybody’s talking about the DOJ’s dismissal of charges against the... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Smoked Out, Debate On, Happy Enough?

By Holly Yeager   Jul 20, 2010 at 03:58 PM

Stateline.org digs into something I’ve often wondered about but rarely seen reported: the way Americans’ decrease in smoking is hitting... More

Social Security in Perspective

A conversation with Ted Marmor

By Trudy Lieberman   Jul 20, 2010 at 10:15 AM

To hear the media tell it, you’d think most Americans agree that this country must drastically reform its Social Security... More

Georgia On Your Mind

Some down south reading in the lead-up to the Peach State primaries

By Joel Meares   Jul 20, 2010 at 07:30 AM

Georgians head to the polls tomorrow for senate, gubernatorial, and house primaries. Most eyes will be on the Republican primary... More

Keeping It Simple

Journos take note: The economy drives politics

By Greg Marx   Jul 19, 2010 at 03:28 PM

At Media Matters, Eric Boehlert has a good catch this morning: Sunday’s New York Times op-ed roundtable on how... More

Mind the Gap

Politico looks at how Washington elites see the economy

By Holly Yeager   Jul 19, 2010 at 02:02 PM

Politico has the smart idea to compare how the American public sees the economy and what “Washington’s governing class” thinks.... More

The Trials of Covering Gitmo’s Justice

Despite restrictions, foreign media follow the story at detention center

By Betwa Sharma   Jul 19, 2010 at 12:18 PM

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA – Christoph Von Marschall was waiting for a hearing to begin at a military courtroom in Guantanamo... More

Saying Something New

Two reporters on the challenges of writing a fresh political profile

By Joel Meares   Jul 16, 2010 at 02:42 PM

Midterms are on the horizon—though you’d be forgiven for thinking they’d hit the shore—and reporters are stalking, scrutinizing, and sometimes... More

Press Pushes for Greater Access at Gitmo

In wake of reporter bans, news outlets team up, take case to Pentagon

By Greg Marx   Jul 16, 2010 at 10:55 AM

The latest dispute over press access to the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay has been mostly settled, for the moment.... More

Audit D.C. Notes: Sweetheart Deals, Tax Talk, Commission Coverage

By Holly Yeager   Jul 15, 2010 at 04:54 PM

The Wall Street Journal does well by staying on top of the controversial Countrywide lending program that provided sweet deals... More

What They Don’t Know

The press has work to do on the deficit debate

By Holly Yeager   Jul 15, 2010 at 03:25 PM

With all the buzz about cutting the deficit, the press should be all over the job of explaining how much... More