What It's Like to Cover the Presidential Campaigns

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
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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