Month: September 2009
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Obama’s speech unlikely to move polls
President Obama is going to address the nation tonight about health care. Despite all the hype, it’s not likely to change much in terms of public opinion. Over the last few years, I’ve frequently cited political science research showing that presidential speeches usually fail to change public opinion on domestic policy issues. From Bill Clinton’s
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NYT inconsistency on “he said,” “she said”
One of the most frustrating aspects of the fight against “he said,” “she said” journalism is the inconsistency within news outlets about how they treat misleading or unsupported factual claims. For instance, The New York Times just published another article directly identifying Betsy McCaughey as a proponent of health care misinformation (see also my post