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Buy newspapers.

How do you navigate through the pack mentality and inherent spin that comes with covering the political beat to get at the so-called real stories?

And related to that- how much of the reporting that comes out of the Washington bureau are stories that your staff develops on their own vs. pitches that come from flacks or soundbites from press conferences?

Any reaction to the New York Post's decision to run a photo of a man about to be struck (and killed) by a train yesterday?

How has Twitter and social media impacted long form reporting? Clearly, there's a need for print media to adapt to social media and twitter's a great resource for breaking news but does it hurt objectivity and exclusive scoops when journalists tweet snarky real time observations / and teasers?

Related to that- on the Internet, everyone is snarky- do you feel this has bled over to print? Wonkette's funny, but I value straight news and analysis vs. cleverness for pageviews sake. Has the internet made it impossible to be objective? Is it better journalism when- as some argue- people identity their biases from the start or when reporters actively try to keep the news to the story they are reporting?