Election Coverage

Covering The Election For $4,000

Chicago Reader | Michael Miner | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago


Sam Zell needs to know about this. Veteran political observer Stump Connolly covered the latest presidential campaign for 21 months and spent less th...

A Whole New Reality

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Pamela Gerloff

The "everything is possible" mantra is no longer viewable as just a naïve belief, open to scoffing by cynics and pessimists. It's no longer just an idea, a possibility. It happened.

CNN's Election Coverage Live (VIDEO)

CNN | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Watch CNN's Election Coverage Live! Stream videos at Ustream...

Ann Curry And NBC's Green Screen Secret (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media


NBC has many fancy election graphics, including the one virtual reality effect in which an anchor appears. On election night Ann Curry is manning the ...

Joe Scarborough: A Republican Official Told Me Last Week It's Over, Obama Won

Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media


Florida resident Joe Scarborough talked about Barack Obama's incredible get-out-the-vote initiatives in his home state, replicated nationwide, with Da...

Voter Turnout: Hours Extended At One NC Polling Place

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Earlier today, voters encountered lines at some Triangle precincts, but the waits abated by the afternoon. Earl...

Turnout "Hurricane" In St. Louis, Missouri

USA Today | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


USA Today reports: "It's unbelievable," Robert Ware, a monitor with the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, says about turnout in his area. "...

Virginia Voter Drives All Night To Get To Polls

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


A reader emails: My voting day started three weeks ago when I applied for an absentee ballot. The absentee ballot never came. After several convers...

CNN Election Coverage Through The Years

via Guardian | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media


CNN election coverage through the years courtesy The Guardian Back in 1980 this was probably considered futuristic. Lou Dobbs and Bella Abzug host C...

South Texas: Election Last Thing on Anyone's Mind After Hurricane Ike

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home


Georgianne Nienaber

Gas prices had been dropping daily due to the worldwide market crash, but for the people in south Texas, financial devastation was already old news. Was she worried about the election? No comment was offered--just a quizzical look.

This Election is Not a Soap Opera or a Football Game: It is About the Future of Our Country

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


Sen. Bernie Sanders

Election coverage must not descend into a pre-game football show which deals only with "who's going to win" polling data and never-ending tactical discussions of "what the candidate must do."

Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton and What's Wrong with the Mainstream Media

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 07.20.2008 | Media


Robert Schlesinger

if no one watches the inanity of the cable networks, who cares how dumb they are? The fact is that it informs and distorts how the media covers the election.

2008 Political Drama Proving To Be Exciting Substitute For Scripted TV

New York Times | David Carr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


I've got some bad news for striking Hollywood writers: Election 2008 is a breakaway hit. January was supposed to be the month when the writers' strik...

Conservative-Funded Study: Fox News Gives Most Balanced Coverage

Center for Media and Public Affairs | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


A study released this month by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) at George Mason University found that Fox News Channel's evening coverag...