Campaign Desk
A dart to the AP—and a laurel!
Good work on fact-checking speeches; on Social Security, not so much
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 31, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Dart The Associated Press misled its many readers, unfortunately, about what is a Social Security benefit cut and what... More
One last night on the outskirts in Tampa
Welsh cakes, a protest that wasn’t, and the rest of the scene from the RNC
By Justin Peters Aug 31, 2012 at 08:48 AM
This post has been updated. TAMPA — It's 6:30 p.m. on the final night of the Republican National Convention, and... More
Read? Listen? Who has the time?
At political conventions, journalists get preliterate
By Walter Shapiro Aug 31, 2012 at 06:50 AM
TAMPA—Sitting in my motel room Thursday on the fringes of Tampa, maybe 20 miles and three weather systems away from... More
How ‘half true’ happens
Our correspondent sits in as PolitiFact editors rate Nikki Haley’s claim
By Justin Peters Aug 30, 2012 at 04:09 PM
TAMPA — “Perhaps if we all ignore PolitiFact, they'll eventually go away," went the lede of a Weekly Standard story... More
Checking the foundation of ‘We Built It’
In many Virginia papers, coverage of McDonnell’s convention speech is a let-down
By Tharon Giddens Aug 30, 2012 at 03:00 PM
VIRGINIA — The Republican National Convention may be happening in Tampa, but the theme for the gathering’s opening Tuesday night—“We... More
Ignored factchecks and the media’s crisis of confidence
Whatever campaigns may do, aggressive truth-telling is the right approach for reporters
By Brendan Nyhan Aug 30, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Can the media stop politicians from misleading the public? That's the question on the minds of many journalists and commentators... More
In Florida, convention coverage ranges from abundant to absent
The Tampa papers go all-in, while the Sun Sentinel goes missing
By Brian E. Crowley Aug 30, 2012 at 06:50 AM
TAMPA — On Wednesday, the morning after the first night of the Republican National Convention, the front page of the... More
Following up on a promise of jobs
The Salisbury Post in North Carolina talks to manufacturing workers still waiting on a call back to work
By Andria Krewson Aug 29, 2012 at 03:00 PM
NORTH CAROLINA — Kudos to the scrappy little Salisbury Post in Salisbury, North Carolina, for its story Sunday detailing the... More
A celebration of access in Tampa
Conventions are about getting in to the place worth being
By Justin Peters Aug 29, 2012 at 11:00 AM
TAMPA — It only took me two minutes to get kicked out of Liberty Plaza. Liberty Plaza, sponsored by various... More
It’s morning in the Tampa Convention Center
Swing States Project’s Florida correspondent takes it all in
By Brian E. Crowley Aug 28, 2012 at 03:55 PM
TAMPA — In a large room, just off the main floor of the Tampa Convention Center, there are about 100... More
Conventions: A great learning opportunity for voters
Why the debate over a lack of news misses the point
By Brendan Nyhan Aug 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Every four years, the two presidential candidates do battle in a series of high-stakes televised events that could shape the... More
In defense of convention coverage
Thoughts from a veteran political reporter who still gets butterflies
By Walter Shapiro Aug 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM
For me, the malady known as Convention Anxiety is a quadrennial affliction that begins around March of every presidential election... More
Tampa Bay Times’s convention-eve welcome
The paper’s Sunday piece is strong (cringe-making Florida boosterism aside)
By Brian E. Crowley Aug 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
TAMPA — Wince. That was my first reaction as I started to read a Sunday story about the Republican National... More
Michigan media on Romney’s birth certificate ‘joke’ (UPDATED)
Some news outlets let it slide—unexplained, unchallenged
By Anna Clark Aug 24, 2012 at 05:40 PM
MICHIGAN — Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan brought the Republican presidential ticket to Commerce, Michigan today in an event billed... More
The word on the street: apprehensive
Listening to voters talk about Medicare in St. Louis
By Trudy Lieberman Aug 24, 2012 at 11:47 AM
The idea of privatizing Medicare is not winning popularity contests with voters. A Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday found... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
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