And they’re trying to fix it for the next presidential couple.

You’ve seen the ads in Metro tunnels, you’ve heard about all the fancypants editors and reporters they hired, and if you work on the Hill, today you may have seen the first paper editions floating around your office. The Politico, a new multimedia political news enterprise, officially launched today, and like many media-obsessed Washingtonians, we’ve long been wondering whether it could possibly live up to the pre-debut hype. And the answer, naturally, is that The…

Thanks to Dave Hughes’ excellent DCRTV for reminding us of the local angle to a national media story: the status of Arlington native Katie Couric’s recent ascension to the anchor’s chair over at CBS News. Couric grew up in Arlington, attending Yorktown High School (where she was a cheerleader) and UVA before beginning her climb to the top of the TV news industry — a process that included a stint at D.C.’s WRC-TV, NBC4. From…

As February draws to a close, we at DCist pause to reflect upon how our brethren in the politically-oriented blogosphere spent another month in the zeitgeist. From the scalping of Eason Jordan and the outing of Jeff Gannon, to the victory lap being taken by the bloggers who forced the imminent departure of several CBS News bigwigs, bloggers are once again back in the news. The tenor of this recent coverage, however, is decidedly…

The organization RightMarch.com is organizing “Carols at the ACLU” in order to defend the Boy Scouts. The protest, organized by conservative activist Eugene Delgaudio, has been circulated to area members of several conservative organizations. The protest/caroling is scheduled for Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the organization’s 15th Street D.C. office. “I hope you can help me,” writes Delgaudio, “I have ten volunteers but would like to get more since some of us don’t sing so…

Major networks across the board will sacrifice a crucial night of the November sweeps period in the name of civic duty. Election Night coverage starts at 8 p.m. on most broadcast networks and presumably continues on through the wee hours of the morning. Here’s your handy-dandy guide to Election Night viewing. ABC News: Peter Jennings anchors Vote 2004 with the help of George Stephanopoulos and Terry Moran. Former Salon.com writer Jake Tapper will have regular…

President Bush and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry faceoff one last time in tonight’s presidential debate. With 20 days left ’til the election, and the race in a virtual dead heat, DCist expects a gloves off, no holds barred performance from both men tonight at 9 p.m. from Tempe, Ariz. The third and final debate of the campaign will focus on domestic policy and social issues such as health care, job growth (or the lack of),…