In another creative innovation on campaign reporting, HuffPost's OffTheBus has just launched a new feature in which the daily Obama and McCain media conference calls, heretofore the exclusive province of the credentialed media, are now recorded and uploaded so everyone can hear firsthand how the presidential contenders are trying to play the press. The calls can be both surprisingly informative as well as amusing.

The conversations are usually posted sixty to ninety minutes after they end. If you want to start listening in you can receive e-mail alerts about new uploads; Subscribe to the OffTheBus Listening Post podcast or check the OffTheBus Listening Post Homepage for a full archive of recordings. Finally, click here if you'd like to find out how to become part of OffTheBus' army of on-the-ground citizen reporters.

George Carlin: RIP

Comments (4)

1. Note, Peter...

   to those that have XM, their "POTUS '08" channel also features the campaign conference calls. Check listings on xmradio's page.

   Posted by Mask at 06/23/2008 @ 12:59pm

2. Thanks for the fine post, Peter.

   And I hope we see much more of these Carlin highlights over the coming weeks --superb stuff. I think the best of Carlin's work represents perhaps one of the most useful lenses through which to understand contemporary America.

   Carlin is gone, but The Age of Carlin may have just begun.

   :D

   Posted by b_kool_66 at 06/23/2008 @ 1:52pm

3. Nobody on the talking head shows is even mentioning George carlin. Guess they didn't like him very much. Everything is still Obama, Obama, Obama.

   Posted by frankgrits at 06/23/2008

   Because Carlin railed on them too.

   Posted by Cccomfo1 at 06/23/2008 @ 6:51pm

4. What would Carlin have said of McCain, FRANK?

   Posted by Mask at 06/24/2008 @ 12:22am