Modern presidential campaigns don’t just work the refs. They obsess over the media. Gov. Sarah Palin can’t seem to finish a rally without riffing on her (rare) interactions with the “mainstream media.” Since the conventions, the Obama campaign has consistently hammered reporters for how they cover McCain’s falsehoods. The styles are different, but the target and goals are [...]

Thanks Jay Marvin, for having the Colorado Independent on your fabulous AM760 radio talk show this morning to talk about Richard Cizik, James Dobson and … unexpectedly, U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer and his trip to the Marianas Islands where he said he witnessed no forced abortions. For those who missed our original Sept. 22 interview with Cizik, the influential director of governmental affairs of the 30-million-member National Association of Evangelicals, here is that link. In that interview, Cizik talks about Creation Care, presidential politics, Sarah Palin and his disappointment over John McCain’s lack of principle.

The Colorado Independent's chief political reporter, Jason Kosena, joined political consultant Eric Sonderman and Westword media critic Michael Roberts to discuss the the current crop of political ads on KBDI's Studio 12, the hour-long public affairs roundtable and call-in show, Wednesday night.

Michigan Messenger’s investigative reporting, “Lose your house, lose your vote,” was the topic of discussion yesterday with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! You can catch the interview with our team members Eartha Jane Melzer and Jeff Morley at this link. Disenfranchisement of “foreclosure voters” came up earlier in the week on Democracy Now! as well, in a [...]

Give the conservative talk show host Frank Beckmann credit for having Michigan Messenger on the air Tuesday to discuss reporter Eartha Melzer’s report on Republican Party plans to use foreclosure lists in challenging voters on Election Day. We may often disagree with WJR-Detroit’s local morning radio host but he held a feisty but fair discussion featuring Michigan-based Melzer and our Washington D.C.-based national [...]

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann features Michigan Messenger's 'voter foreclosure' coverage on Countdown

Reporter Jeff Severns Guntzel consistently found himself in the middle of some of last week's sketchiest skirmishes between police and protesters at last week's Republican National Convention. And the media has taken notice: Last week, he shared his reporting on Los Angeles' KCRW, and yesterday Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald welcomed him on his podcast to discuss the tactics and weaponry law enforcement used in St. Paul.

In case you missed yesterday’s radio interview on amLansing.com with Todd Heywood about politicization in the state AG’s office, we’ve got it right here. amLansing.com host Walter Sorg talks with Todd about this recent story.

MnIndy consumer-affairs reporter Molly Priesmeyer discussed the mortgage meltdown and resulting foreclosure debacle with KTNF’s Mark Heaney Tuesday: how the crisis is affecting neighborhoods like North Minneapolis, one of Minnesota’s hardest-hit communities, and how it’s spreading to certain outer-ring suburbs. Listen: Molly Priesmeyer on The Mark Heaney Show, 10:30

Will there be enough police officers on hand to secure the Republican National Convention? MnIndy political reporter Paul Demko was a guest on The Mark Heaney Show on KTNF AM 950 on Friday to discuss his ongoing "Convention Cops" series and how local law enforcement continues having trouble getting enough officers to cover a convention [...]