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Standpoint of somebody who is on a campaign working with the media, how do you look at that relationship and where it stands right now? >> i think the premise of peter's paper is right. twitter has dramatically changed the relationship between campaigns and reporters. everything you say or do, whether public, private, on a plane, it's out there, out there quickly without any edits. it's very problematic for dealing with reporters because you have to be on your guard at all times. you can't have a moment like we saw with kennedy, if you make a small mistake, you can have a do-over. because anyt...

Their tools were notebooks and cassette tapes and the quarters in their pockets to call in from a pay phone and they were paid in access. getting to know candidates were close, who they were, what made them tick and their favorite brands of whiskey. the unscripted moments is what drove. decades later, buses remain but everything else about the way reporters cover campaigns is dramatically different. lap stops, smartphones, digital video cameras. they get news to viewers and readers around the world. that has up-ended about how and when we learn about presidential candidates. cnn's peter hamby ...