Political Reporting

Dan Froomkin

When Candidates Lie, What's A Political Reporter To Do?

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 11.30.2011

Political reporters are notoriously unwilling to call even the most outrageous, intentionally deceptive untruths what they are: lies. But Mitt Romn...

The Real Dirt on Gavin Newsom's Visit to Half Moon Bay: From Someone Who Was Actually There

Wendy Andary | Posted 12.12.2011

Wendy Andary

The bottom line is this: the articles proclaiming "Gavin Newsom Draws Boos by Attacking Democrats" are flat out wrong and misleading.

Why Do Some Local TV Stations Have Political Beat Reporters When Most Don't?

Jason Salzman | Posted 09.04.2011

Jason Salzman

If you watch local TV news in different cities around the country, and I'm not suggesting you do so, you see that a small number of stations have political beat reporters, but most do not.

Jason Linkins

Flashback: In 2012 Campaign Reporting, Watch For The 'Sweet n' Blow'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Here at the Speculatron, we shall from time to time warn you about particularly odious forms of campaign journalism that will utterly ravage your mind...

An Interview with 9News' Adam Schrager

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jason Salzman

I thought Schager's many admirers would like to know more about why he's leaving and his reflections about journalism and his job here as he departs.

Political Reporters Absent For Nikki Haley, Rand Paul Races

Politics Daily | Walter Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

What we are witnessing in this election cycle is the slow death of traditional statewide campaign journalism. I noticed the same pattern (and the same...

Journalists Spin for Republicans on the New "60-Vote" Senate Regime

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

The "60 vote" threshold is an artificial obstructionist creation of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and the Senate Republicans.

Press Corps Get Dem Convention Preview

Colorado Confidential | Posted 05.25.2011

Colorado Confidential

An estimated 400 journalists arrived at Denver's Pepsi Center on Tuesday for a test run through the site of next year's Democratic National Convention.