Ever Google your own name to see what comes up? Yeah, me neither (*wink*).
For as long as there have been elections, politicians have wanted to know what people are saying about them. Especially what’s being said to their constituents. That’s why every Congressional office has a junior staffer who, each morning, scans the local newspapers and websites looking for mentions of their boss’ name. In the business, we call them “press hits.”
The staffer compiles the press hits into an...