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Best of 2008: CJR‘s Ten Most Popular Stories

CJR‘s ten most popular stories from 2008

December 23, 2008

10. Obama’s Lobbyist Line: Trudy Lieberman examined what Barack Obama really meant when he said he wasn’t going to take any money from lobbyists.

9. Bubble Trouble: Megan Garber on how, as of April, the recession had yet to be profoundly felt in Washington, D.C.

8. The Inestimable Popular Vote Estimates: Clint Hendler on how to account for different popular vote counts.

7. Secrets of the City: Lawrence Lanahan’s January/February 2008 cover story on the television series The Wire.

6. Hey, ‘Gotcha’! Caughtcha!: Megan Garber announces the release of ‘GotchaWare,’ a tool to catch journalists who insist on posing tough questions to politicians.

5. The McCain-Hagee Connection: Zachary Roth wondered why John McCain’s connection to controversial minster John Hagee wasn’t getting more press.

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4. The 15,000: Justin Peters reported from Denver on what, exactly, 15,000 journalists were doing at the Democratic National Convention.

3. What Can You Buy for $700 Billion?: Megan McGinley examined exactly what you could buy for 700 billion dollars.

2. “Attacking” McCain’s Military Record: Zachary Roth slammed those commentators who said that Wesley Clark’s criticisms of John McCain’s presidential qualifications were out of bounds.

1. Army Alters Photographs, Issues Them To AP: Megan McGinley reported that the Department of Defense had digitally photographs of two dead soldiers before issuing them to the AP.

The Editors are the staffers of the Columbia Journalism Review.