United States Project
Many stations don’t factcheck super PAC ads: survey
Conference highlights difference in attitudes between industry, watchdog groups
By Justin Peters May 24, 2012 at 03:37 PM
Many local television stations do not consistently evaluate the accuracy of the political ads they air, according to survey results... More
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
By Liz Cox Barrett May 23, 2012 at 05:10 PM
Last week, the Denver Post ran a short “local news” piece headlined, “Political billboards in Colorado use energy policy to... More
What’s the swingiest state of them all?
By any measure, Colorado is at the center of the action in 2012
By Mary Winter May 22, 2012 at 03:00 PM
COLORADO — The term “swing state” is bandied about constantly in an election year, often without a clear explanation of... More
The over-covered image war
Journalists are exaggerating the risk that Mitt Romney will be “defined” early
By Brendan Nyhan May 21, 2012 at 10:50 AM
The message war in the presidential election got underway in earnest last week, with the Obama campaign releasing a new... More
The entirely predictable failure of Americans Elect
A little poli-sci—or just recent history—would have helped pundits avoid the hype
By Brendan Nyhan May 18, 2012 at 11:03 AM
On Thursday, the board of Americans Elect folded its presidential nominating process after the set of declared candidates repeatedly failed... More
The Obama camp serves up a Bain story
Some local outlets take the bait, while others offer a closer look
By Jay Jones May 18, 2012 at 07:31 AM
NEVADA — One of the moments in the 2012 presidential race that we all know was coming arrived this week:... More
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
By Walter Shapiro May 17, 2012 at 03:14 PM
The Living Room War was launched this week—the ferocious bombardment of attack ads that will make turning on a television... More
Debating Amendment One in North Carolina
Faced with an opportunity to lead civic discussion and take a stand, some papers fare better than others
By Andria Krewson May 16, 2012 at 03:30 PM
NORTH CAROLINA — Last week, North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed Amendment One to the state constitution, defining marriage as between... More
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 May 15, 2012 at 06:50 AM
When Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign last month, the former Pennsylvania senator all but sealed Mitt... More
Pushing back, making connections
Michigan political reporters have a job to do
By Anna Clark May 14, 2012 at 11:29 AM
MICHIGAN — Quinn Klinefelter is a longtime news editor at WDET, the National Public Radio station in Detroit. His voice... More
In Nevada, a candidate’s fecklessness on full display
Some sharp interview questions leave a congressional hopeful squirming
By Jay Jones May 11, 2012 at 03:42 PM
NEVADA — In this state, where it’s legal to carry an unconcealed handgun, John Oceguera, the Speaker of the Nevada... More
Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map…
A glut of “swing-state” stories risks inspiring false certainty about the coming election
By Walter Shapiro May 10, 2012 at 12:07 PM
For a newspaper that believes that a decent fraction of its readers know that Kurt Weill wrote the music for... More
In Ohio, political money gets around
Dayton Daily News shows how local lawmakers shuffle campaign donations to cash-strapped colleagues
By T.C. Brown May 10, 2012 at 12:20 AM
OHIO—A thorough peek behind a curtain of campaign cash this week by the Dayton Daily News shed real light on... More
A (blurry) snapshot of influence peddling
Finding out who paid $10,000 to party with Congress members remains a reporting challenge
By Mary Winter May 9, 2012 at 11:15 AM
COLORADO—A CBS News undercover video of a Republican fundraiser earlier this year gave viewers a tantalizing glimpse of a $10,000-a-head... More
Obama ‘evolves,’ Romney ‘flip-flops’
As the candidates’ positions change, reporters construct differing narratives
By Brendan Nyhan May 8, 2012 at 12:00 PM
NEW HAMPSHIRE—Are Barack Obama and Mitt Romney so different after all? Despite the media’s portrayal of Romney as a uniquely... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
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