TNR published a report on "what covering a two-year campaign does to the soul of a journalist," highlighting the media mercenaries who trail the candidates across the country. Ezra Klein reflected on "the weirdness of campaign reporting" while reviewing a GQ article by Michael Hastings, a journalist Newsweek sent to embed on the campaign who eventually quit in exasperation at the mindnumbing, souldeadening experience. So just how bad is it? And maybe more importantly, what effect does it have on your news experience? How does it mark political journalism?
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