Behind the Scenes
Who watches the watchers?
By Richard Whittaker, 7:45PM, Thu. Feb. 21, 2008
If you were wondering exactly what the mad, frenzied and exotic life of a debate-covering journalist is really like, here's what it is: two hundred people, watching plasma screens, taking photos of other people watching plasma screens.
The most recent highlight is that we just opened a bag of complimentary nuts, and it has pumpkin seeds. Woot!
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