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When Newt Isn’t Newsworthy

The problems with news pegs in campaign coverage

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Yesterday, former House speaker Newt Gingrich returned to New Hampshire for a foreign policy debate with former... More

In Iowa, an ‘Openly’ Inflammatory Perry Ad

Coverage offers incomplete picture of rules around expressions of faith

IOWA — Since Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry’s latest TV ad hit the airwaves, national reporters and those based here... More

In Iowa, Covering a New Breed of Campaign

Reduced access to candidates, more Twitter, fewer town halls

IOWA — The rise of social media and the increasing prominence of cable news is making coverage of the 2012... More

Fact-checking Versus Strategy

When reporters go meta on misleading ads, readers lose

NEW HAMPSHIRE — In Sunday's Boston Globe, reporter Michael Levenson warned of a coming "year of mudslinging." This "rough, negative,... More

Covering a “National Campaign” for New Hampshire Readers

How should state press adapt to a world in which candidates bypass early primary states in favor of national debates and TV coverage?

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Both the Washington Post’s Dan Balz and Politico’s Maggie Haberman have argued that the 2012 GOP primary... More

Over-the-Top Coverage of Cain’s Gaffe in Florida

His ignorance of ‘wet-foot, dry-foot’ may have said something about Cain. But the way it was covered said as much about the media

FLORIDA — Eleven seconds. That’s how long the exchange lasted between Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and Miami Herald political... More

Old TNR vs. New TNR

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Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC

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