The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of the Media

Former Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina is reinventing his career… as a paid contributor on Fox News. Call it the Spitzer Effect. [NY Times]

A new level of experiential journalism: The Daily paid for one of its reporters to take Oxytocin for a week so she could report on its, ahem, affects. [The Daily]

How do the presidential candidates compare when it comes to their use of Twitter? [Time]

The debate continues on whether or not journalists should conceal their political views from the public. [The Atlantic]

Look at how different media organizations decided whether or not to reveal the names of the jurors in the Casey Anthony case. [Poynter Institute]

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