Editing Opposition research (section)

===Trackers and videography===
Another technique is to position information or personnel within media outlets. Often the information is video footage gathered in campaign-funded "tracker programs" wherein videographers use candidates' itineraries to track them and record as many remarks as possible, since anything they say can and will be used against them, as was the case in former Senator George Allen's "macaca moment."<ref name="ReferenceA" /> In the 2006 election cycle, a Virginia senator, [[George Allen (U.S. politician)|George Allen]], was unseated because of videotape of the senator calling a videographer/opposition researcher a "macaca" or monkey. The name was considered to be an ethnic slur, and Allen's campaign could not overcome the damage when the incident was broadcast widely in mainstream media and on the internet.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack |last=Bass |title=In Dixie, Signs of a Rising Biracial Politics |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 11, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/weekinreview/11bass.html}}</ref>

In the [[2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election]], a tracker working for Governor [[Phil Murphy]]’s campaign regularly attended Republican nominee [[Jack Ciattarelli]]’s public events to record his statements for potential opposition research use. The Ciattarelli campaign, aware of the tracker’s role, chose to publicly acknowledge him during town halls—an indication of how routine and embedded trackers have become in modern campaign strategy.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fox |first=Joey |title=The newest member of the Ciattarelli entourage? Murphy’s campaign tracker |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/the-newest-member-of-the-ciattarelli-entourage-murphys-campaign-tracker/ |newspaper=New Jersey Globe |date=October 7, 2021}}</ref>