Meet Gordon Pederson, a delegate from South Dakota who’s proven very popular with the media, for some reason:

Last week, Justin reported on the antics of Media Bait in Denver. Well, those same MBers–with a crew of new ones–have made the trek to St. Paul to worm the hook anew. And the media have, you know, bit. Without further comment, we give you: Media Baited, Parts 1 through 8. Part 1: Teddy Roosevelt

Inside St. Paul’s DNC "war room"

At the conventions, media marketing wins the day

Among all the political celebrities milling around the Xcel Center this week, perhaps none has gotten more attention from delegates–or more camera-pan air time from the news networks–than Abraham Lincoln. Well, “Abraham Lincoln,” to be precise about it. The full-suited, stovepipe-hat-wearing, strikingly tall Mother of All Media Bait who’s been striding around the RNC events […]

Earlier this evening, I met Brian Lambert, a Minneapolis-based media critic who’s been blogging the RNC from The Liffey, an Irish Pub adjacent to the Xcel Center. I just checked out the results of his work, The View from the Liffey—a smart and salty insiders’ perspective on the bubblicious pageantry that is the St. Paul […]

Do Daily Show interviewees know they’re being mocked?