In the Post’s illuminating (and dimple-heavy) Bob Barr profile, the Libertarian candidate talks about his tough "Hannity & Colmes" interview from April.

[S]ean Hannity berated Barr on Fox News in April, interrupting his guest and quizzing him incredulously about his …

During a lunch for journalists in Google’s D.C. office today, the company announced the launch of a new 2008 election page with several politics-related features.

And the one innovation that sparked the most interest from a room full of journalists …

For the upcoming conventions, The Washington Post will be sending 38 staffers to Denver (DNC) and 40 to St. Paul (RNC), according to a memo listing travel accommodations obtained by Politico.

Last week, Forbes reported on convention …

On "Fox News Sunday," Bill Kristol again predicted that Tim Kaine would be Obama’s choice for a running mate, calling him the "strongest pick."

That’s my advice to Senator Obama,and he and David Axelrod are watching this show right now. They’re …

Last Tuesday, Fox News contradicted a report in the NY Post about plans for a Mike Huckabee show, and today the Times reports that the cable network is looking to Facebook –  not the Murdoch-owned MySpace — for …

NYT Public Editor Clark Hoyt addressed an issue that the paper’s been dealing with for few years: Nicholas Kristof’s columns on former Army scientist Steven Hatfill and the anthrax investigation.

Once labeled a "person of interest" by the Justice …

Pew Research Center has released its biennial news consumption survey, and shows that while there are less readers of a daily print newspaper (down from 34 to 27%), for the first time, a majority of Americans "check in on the …

Jon Friedman will tell you what McCain’s biggest media problem is.

Alterman’s no fan of Milbank, or the clubby, Beltway world he represents.

Speaking of which, what are "D.C. insiders" reading these days?…

Eighty Chicago Tribune staffers left the paper through today in the latest round of cuts. And that includes D.C. bureau chief Michael Tackett, who’s request for a buyout was recently accepted. 

It’s been rumored that Tackett …

Editor & Publisher’s Joe Strupp writes that outgoing Washington Post executive editor Len Downie was sort of a like a "mob boss" during his seventeen years helming the paper: "firm, smart, and, most of all, low-key." And — every …