Wikipedia says the term refers “to methods of interviewing which are designed to entrap the interviewee into making statements which are damaging or discreditable to their character, integrity or ...

The Philadelphia man who asked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin about Pakistan on Saturday has told The Hill that GOP presidential nominee John McCain and Palin mischaracterized the exchange in a primetime ...

Chuck Todd says that the press often gets a bad rap due to a tendency from some journalists to use whatever opposition research is handed to them. In the latest installment of his interview with Media ...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told Townhall blogger Hugh Hewitt that she’s “surprised that so much has changed since I received my education in journalistic ethics.” She was responding to a prompt by Hewitt ...

Most politicians can agree on at least one thing: "Gotcha" questions have got to go. But "gotcha" journalism isn't new — the idea and the... Democrat, Republican, independent — it doesn't matter. They ...

An aide for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, D., publicly criticized an employee of the nonprofit CalMatters after the newsletter writer revealed he was vacationing in Montana despite California’s ban of ...

In an interview with the usually cheery, softball-question-laden, Today show, Barney Frank got irritated with Savannah Guthrie's questions, calling it "gotcha journalism." "Characteristically Frank", ...

Democrat, Republican, independent — it doesn't matter. They all love griping about the "gotcha" question. Politicians of all stars and stripes say "gotcha" has got to go. And with the fervor of ...

Here is something some folks don't seem to understand about Gotcha Journalism: It only works if there is something to get. When Gov. Sarah Palin read the teleprompter flawlessly and swayed the ...