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UpTake in Iowa: Meet the Complacent MSM

By Paul Schmelzer | 01.02.08 | 11:18 pm

A crew from The UpTake got kicked out of an Obama campaign office in Iowa on Wednesday trying to film antiwar demonstrators. While the Obama press rep comes off as rude, it’s cameramen from another news organization, identified…

Live from Iowa, It’s The UpTake

By Paul Schmelzer | 01.02.08 | 8:40 am

Four Minneapolis-based citizen videobloggers from The UpTake are heading to Iowa today to join three reporters already on the ground to cover the presidential caucuses. They’ve got an ambitious news plan — from reporting…

Will the Straw Poll Turn into Straw Men?

By Robin Marty | 03.06.07 | 1:23 pm

This article is cross-posted from Almanac At The Capital

In what feels like the end of the quickest campaign vacation ever, St. Paul will be meeting for caucuses tonight and, among other things, will participate in the first Minnesota…