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Behind the Scenes

McClellan at Home

Battered and bullied in the press room, morning, noon, and night. What’s a normal, average press secretary to do when he just wants to spend some quality time with his wife? As it turns out, things aren’t much better there. (Behind the Scenes | September 13, 2005)

Bad Habits

Earlier this year, Habitat for Humanity fired its founder on accusations of sexual harassment. He has since created a new entity designed to support his former company. Our reporter infiltrates the world of scandalous nonprofiting with a completely fictional look inside the new organization. (Behind the Scenes | June 30, 2005)

Behind the Scenes: Untitled Fall Project

What to do when you and your sister are worth billions, on the brink of adulthood, and then your brand new movie flops? Go to college? Our Los Angeles reporter Kevin Fanning goes undercover to discover the starlets’ new plans. (Stories | May 24, 2004)

Behind the Scenes: The Vermonster

Once the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, Howard Dean has lost a lot of ground to Clark and his free candy bars. Can the campaign recover? Cheshire Dave hitches a ride on the Dean bus and reports on the new political strategy. (Stories | October 28, 2003)

Behind the Scenes: Plan 63

With its credibility in the weeds, the White House must find a way to restore its public image before the next election. Veteran reporter Joshua Allen gives us a priviliged glimpse into what’s being planned. (Stories | July 25, 2003)

Behind the Scenes: Cool 2B Real

The initiative: The cattle industry wants to promote beef to teenage girls online. The result: ‘Cool 2B Real.’ Paul Ford sneaks into the boardroom and tells us how it really happened. (Stories | February 24, 2003)

Behind the Scenes: The Harry Potter Nimbus 2000

The hottest new toy is the Harry Potter Nimbus 2000, a vibrating broom proving popular with lots of little girls. Industrial investigator Joshua Allen reports on its insidious development. (Stories | September 11, 2002)

Behind the Scenes: Operation Fish from Hell

The U.S. has many problems right now, but its deadliest threat can grow to three feet long: The Chinese Snakehead. Investigative reporter Joshua Allen goes deep undercover to get the government’s reaction to a meat-eating snake. (Stories | July 31, 2002)

Behind the Scenes: The Minority Report Trailer

Big-budget movies require big-budget marketing, and you can bet every second of the trailer is accounted for, in impact. Investigative reporter Joshua Allen gets the inside scoop on Steven Spielberg’s new flop. (Stories | June 13, 2002)

Behind the Scenes: Pirates & The Navy

Once the scourge of the seven seas, now fuel for ARGHHH… jokes and the parrot industry, pirates seem better suited for Disney World than the Atlantic. However, the Navy was attacked last month by a band of unwashed scurvyites. Landlubber JOSHUA ALLEN reports. (Stories | May 28, 2002)

Behind the Scenes: Oprah Cancels Book Club

The fate of literature has always been uncertain. In recent times the path seemed secure, guarded by Updike and Barnes & Noble tote bags. Then, disaster struck. Publishers crashed their Mercedes, agents sold their leather blazers. Veteran investigator Joshua Allen reports on the tragedy from within Oprah’s private chambers. (Stories | April 12, 2002)

Behind the Scenes: President Bush Merges Agencies

Shadow governments, merging powers, churches and children: It’s no secret that power breeds concealment. Yet behind the veils of rhetoric, simple men and women are simply doing business, PowerPoint and all. Ace reporter JOSHUA ALLEN was the only correspondent to hide behind a large curtain during a recent press conference and discover that even the mighty have their foibles. (Stories | April 3, 2002)


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