  ....................... it is what it is ....................... i happened upon this article about urlLink "off the grid" journalism -- and there's a great deal of insight about not only political campaign journalism in this article, but also much larger stuff. Ways in which the media operates in general. it feels to me like its a way of offering resistance to our (seemingly) natural complicity with mythic narrative. If you're intrigued at all -- go read it... 
