The Republican presidential debate is a time to cover candidates who aren’t Donald Trump August 6, 2015 By Jack Murtha
What political reporters learned from the Colorado midterm election November 12, 2014 By Corey Hutchins State’s top journalists dissect the 2014 campaign season during panel
USP Notes: NYT on Fix the Debt, ProPublica on ‘Democratic Grandmas’ January 10, 2013 By Greg Marx Private interests behind a public debate, and the unusual source of some campaign data
How right is the (1st round of) CW about 2012? January 4, 2013 By Walter Shapiro As the retrospectives roll in, a debate unfolds about Obama’s early ads
Context-free market reporting on a post-election dive November 12, 2012 By Ryan Chittum First-term bull market goes unmentioned after a November 7 stock dip
Audit Notes: low-info billionaires, Trump the taker, Elizabeth Warren November 9, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Money apparently can’t buy a firm grip on reality
WSJ gets lost in the weeds with the Romney campaign November 8, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A too-savvy take and flawed assumptions undermine some interesting reporting
A muddy Bloomberg story sets up Romney’s Jeep attack November 1, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The wire’s poorly worded story is misread
Audit Notes: advising Obama, the leverage incentive, Jack Welch October 22, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The NYT looks at the insider/outsider roles of Anita Dunn
TNR causes trouble for coal baron October 12, 2012 By Curtis Brainard Exposé on pressuring employees to make campaign contributions stirs inquiry
The NYT unseals a private-equity scoop October 12, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Emails between executives look like antitrust smoking guns
A Web survey isn’t a poll, CNBC October 12, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The network’s tweet creates a misleading media narrative on the veep debate
Ask Obama This: What about housing? October 11, 2012 By Ryan Chittum What went wrong with the administration’s mortgage policies
Jack Welch and anti-business sentiment October 8, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The former GE CEO, still a business press hero
Audit Notes: Romney and taxes, prison phone racket, WSJ October 5, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The Atlantic eyes the Republican’s corporate tax plan
No debate about environment October 4, 2012 By Curtis Brainard Hopes for questions about climate, public lands fall flat
Forbes‘s myth of the Reagan boom October 3, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A columnist’s misleading economic history
Romney’s gift to reporters October 2, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A Bloomberg investigation details yet another aspect of the candidate’s tax avoidance
Audit Notes: ‘makers and takers’ edition September 19, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Romney’s "47 percent" comment continues to reverberate
Mitt Romney and the Lucky Duckies September 18, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A gaffe created in the Fox News/WSJ editorial page echo chamber
Audit Notes: WSJ Live, scot free, Martin Feldstein September 10, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Lucrative video streams soar at the Journal
Audit Notes: Journal Register, Clinton and ‘can’t find workers,’ AP flop September 7, 2012 By Ryan Chittum The bankrupt company’s owner isn’t doing well itself
Conventions create climate coverage September 5, 2012 By Curtis Brainard While ScienceDebate.org gets some answers
The Wall Street Journal lets Paul Ryan go all but unchecked August 31, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Misleading claims get ignored or given he said-she said treatment
Audit Notes: the national debt, Bailout, ProPublica on campaign finance August 29, 2012 By Ryan Chittum GOP jujitsu on Obama and deficits
The New Yorker on Obama as fundraiser (UPDATED) August 23, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Fascinating reporting but an overly sympathetic portrayal
Candidates clam up on climate August 21, 2012 By Curtis Brainard Reporters call out Obama and Romney’s silence
Newsweek‘s Niall Ferguson debacle August 21, 2012 By Ryan Chittum A misleading cover story gets the wrong kind of buzz for Tina Brown’s mag
Ryan re-energizes coverage August 16, 2012 By Curtis Brainard VP candidate brings fossil fuels, alternatives back into focus
The WSJ editorial page and Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan August 16, 2012 By Ryan Chittum Bogus numbers and rewritten history