Month: July 2009
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More on how TPM has moved downmarket
A few weeks ago, I commented on the move downmarket by Josh Marshall’s Talking Points Memo, a formerly excellent blog* that increasingly panders to its liberal audience with outrageous language, faux mind-reading, unsupported factual claims, and salacious details of conservative scandals. The example I focused on was the wall-to-wall coverage of John Ensign’s affair, including
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Sarah Palin in Runner’s World!?
I know politicians love soft news coverage, but the strategy of seeking out non-political outlets works better for wonky politicians who need to be humanized. That’s why I don’t understand the decision for Sarah Palin to do a story with Runner’s World in their August issue (presumably completed before her bizarre resignation). It’s the opposite
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NPR “On the Media” interview on corrections
For those who are interested, you can listen online to an interview I did with NPR’s “On the Media” about my co-authored research investigating difficulties correcting the misperception that Barack Obama is a Muslim. (See also our previous research on correcting misperceptions.)
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Nyhan world HQ: Moved
Apologies for the lack of posts — Nyhan world HQ has just been moved to Ann Arbor. More soon…