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As former Alaska governor Sarah Palin continues her barnstorming book and motivational speech tours across America, she also continues to deride the media, calling mainstream newspapers and television networks “the lamestream press.” It’s a broad and unfair brush, one I wrote about after Palin’s visit to Missoula earlier this year. In that instance, she warned her [...] Advertisement
Montana is at the epicenter of a significant legal battle that at least some folks want you to believe is about the First Amendment’s guarantee that all Americans can speak their minds freely – without fear of being jailed, or worse, if their beliefs differ from the ruling majority. But don’t be fooled. This fight isn’t about [...] One of the great programs at the University of Montana’s School of Journalism brings a visiting lecturer to campus each fall to teach a class, mentor Kaimin reporters and deliver the T. Anthony Pollner Lecture. This year, that honor goes to Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow. His lecture is this coming Monday. Here’s the info, as provided [...]
BORSTAR team members practice a swift-water river crossing on the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. The agents train for a variety of water rescue scenarios from shore, with ropes and in watercraft. TOM BAUER/Missoulian The very best part of our jobs as journalists happens outside the newsroom, when we’re out and about in western [...]
Bill O’Reilly (left) and Rachel Maddow (right) are included in the poll results. AP Photo This fall’s campaign season is quickly heating up, and with it voter interest in the mid-term elections. Which makes Monday’s release of new poll findings by Politico.com and George Washington University particularly interesting. It seems that, at least nationally, most [...] First: This blogpost is not about politics. Second: Contrary to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s warning to the standing-room-only crowd at this afternoon’s Teen Challenge fundraiser in Missoula, the media did not “sneak in” to her speech. We were not there as “moles,” in her words. Third: I only mention this because that sort of talk – [...] It’s Labor Day, and that means the “official” – or at least the traditional – start of the fall campaign season. And while much has been made about Montana’s lack of fiery statewide races this year, there are dozens of very significant local races. Control of the 2011 Montana Legislature will be decided in each and [...] Here in the newsroom, we’re busy collecting information from the dozens of western Montana legislative candidates whose names will be on November’s general election ballot. Starting in September, we’ll publish their responses to Q&As – one district at a time for several weeks. It’s a lengthy and occasionally frustrating process, finding all the candidates and securing their [...]
Two-year-old Noah Johnson plays around the voting booths as his mother, Shayna, casts her ballot at the Election Center office at the Missoula County Fairgrounds. Photo by TOM BAUER/Missoulian The primary elections are past us, and the field of candidates for November’s general election is set. Already, the Missoulian’s coverage of those candidates has started. But [...] |
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Election news and commentary: It’s now or never
The clock is ticking on the November midterm elections, and interest just seems to keep growing. We’ve been inundated by letters to the editor at both the Missoulian and Ravalli Republic – which creates a challenge we love. How do we get all of your thoughts out there before Election Day?
Here’s what we are going [...]