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What It's Like to Cover the Presidential Campaigns
Monday, November 24, 2008
Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a member of the press corps following around Obama, McCain, Palin, and Biden? Hear about it firsthand from reporters who were embedded with the candidates during the campaigns – from the constant travel, the gulped down fast food and the relentless 24-hour news cycle. Matthew Berger was assigned to the Huckabee and Palin campaigns for MSNBC; Bret Hovell covered the McCain campaign for 14 months for ABC News.
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Why does the whole phenomenon of embedded jounalism reminnd me of the line from Lester Bangs to William Miller in the movie "Almost Fammous":
"You CANNOT make friends with the rock stars. That's what's important. If you're a rock journalist - first, you will never get paid much. But you will get free records from the record company. And they'll buy you drinks, you'll meet girls, they'll try to fly you places for free, offer you drugs... I know. It sounds great. But they are not your friends. These are people who want you to write sanctimonious stories about the genius of the rock stars, and they will ruin rock and roll and strangle everything we love about it."
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