But the real problem with campaign coverage is that Iowa is not history in the normal sense.

At the same time news media campaign coverage disappeared, and what there was tended to be of the pointless "horse race" variety.

And then, of course, there's that Godzilla hulking outside my window, campaign coverage.

In 2002 - the most recent midterm elections - more than half of local newscasts contained no campaign coverage at all.

His reputation as the politician too good for politics has been a key feature of the early adulatory campaign coverage.

Network news divisions, faced with deep cuts, talk of trimming campaign coverage.

Instead, the race for ratings is defining campaign coverage as never before.

Analysts offer a number of reasons for the sudden change in tenor of campaign coverage.

They allowed authorities to shut down news media outlets after two warnings for anything deemed as biased campaign coverage.

You might have pointed out that in campaign coverage, newspapers neglect an opportunity to fill a gap and set a standard.