Brendan Nyhan

Twitter roundup

Brendan Nyhan

Twitter roundup (5/24-5/31)

May 31, 2011 at 11:49 AM

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Don’t want to pick on undergrad but post hoc perceptions of who smiled more are not a good way to understand elections http://j.mp/linMEm
RealClearPolitics – Articles – Print Article We can predict the answer to that question more than the chorus of political analysts might let on. If the outcomes of the last dozen presidential contests are any indication, the answer lies in…
May 31, 2011 at 11:39 AM
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Education won’t fix motivated reasoning RT @ChrisMooney_: Education, Biased Reasoning, and Enlightenment http://t.co/uloI2B2
Headshot-jan-2010 Education, Biased Reasoning, and Enlightenment | The Intersection | Discover Magazine In the last thread about my upcoming show with Michael Shermer, Sean McCorkle asks a really deep question, or set of questions. Let’s take them in sequence: What about science education at an ag…
May 30, 2011 at 4:51 PM
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Appears to be huge overestimate. RT @gallupnews: U.S. Adults Estimate That 25% of Americans Are Gay or Lesbian http://bit.ly/iRkpxb
http://bit.ly/iRkpxb Americans, on average, estimate that 25% of Americans are gay or lesbian, up from an estimate of 21% to 22% in 2002. Lower-income Americans, the least educated, women, and young people give the …
May 30, 2011 at 1:57 PM
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RT @bpump: Today marks the 17th time since 2007 and the second time this month that Gail Collins has mentioned Mitt Romney’s dog: http://j.mp/kqMIM7
Collins_new-thumbstandard-v2 Rick Perry, the Coyote Candidate – NYTimes.com In this week’s session of the presidential primary book club, we’re discussing Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.
May 29, 2011 at 2:16 AM
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I missed it! 17! Thanks to Barry… RT @bpump: That previous tweet was only because I noticed @BrendanNyhan hadn’t pointed it out yet.
May 29, 2011 at 2:17 AM
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RT @jayrosen_nyu: http://t.co/qD5PXoy He said, she said. We know nothing about who’s right. We’re the press.
Mayjun11_140x187 Elizabeth Warren Is Smeared, and the Press Is Along for the Ride : CJR McHenry controversy shows the media copping out with he said-she said stories You’d think the press could resist the he said-she said copy when the truth is easy to discern. Congressman Patrick …
May 29, 2011 at 12:35 AM
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Thoughtful @smotus post on party agendas, responsibility, and punishment — worth thinking about http://j.mp/j1RLfn
http://j.mp/j1RLfn History seems to be repeating itself. In 2008, Democrats were elected by wide margins nationally after running on a platform emphasizing health care reform and fixing the economy. So once they w…
May 27, 2011 at 12:29 PM
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Been wondering about this. RT @MysteryPollster: Overlooked? My report: @markos & Research 2000 settle lawsuit huff.to/lcPoVr
May 27, 2011 at 12:22 PM
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John Sides of @monkeycageblog with more from our article re: how poli sci can help journalists http://j.mp/mAyqmq (cc: @conor64 @dbernstein)
How Political Science Can Help Journalists (and Still Let Them Be Journalists) — The Monkey Cage This is a long post, and I realize that I’ve beat this topic nearly to death, but stick with me. Following on James Fallows’ post about the recent attention to Donald Trump’s potential candidacy…
May 27, 2011 at 10:51 AM
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Great title: “You probably think this paper’s about you: Narcissists’ perceptions of their personality and reputation” http://j.mp/k5FAUM
PsycNET – Display Record You probably think this paper’s about you: Narcissists’ perceptions of their personality and reputation. Carlson, Erika N.; Vazire, Simine; Oltmanns, Thomas F.
May 26, 2011 at 8:37 PM
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.@sethmnookin on new CDC report: Measles infections on the rise in the US, almost all among unvaccinated http://j.mp/mGwXNT
Panicvirus-150 The financial implications of the US measles outbreaks | The Panic Virus Earlier today, the CDC released a report about the measles outbreaks that have been occurring across the country since the beginning of the year. (Hat tip to USA Today‘s Liz Szabo for this story.)
May 26, 2011 at 3:45 PM
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Provocative @jackshafer: “Reasonableness exists primarily to marginalize the views of others” http://j.mp/lqqy6r
110525_pbox_bloombergviewtn Bloomberg View, the editorial page and op-ed section that gives reasonableness a bad name. Do I have so many friends and acquaintances working on Bloomberg View-which launched yesterday-that it would just be wrong for me to drop a cluster bomb or two on them today? The site-which apes…
May 26, 2011 at 3:42 PM
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Hmm, hard to say what’s result of OBL RT @fivethirtyeight Some declared OBL bounce dead when Gallup tracked down to 46%, but back to 53% now
May 25, 2011 at 5:32 PM
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Have to assume OBL only factor, but data are persuasive http://j.mp/kvxt6o MT @fivethirtyeight Not that hard; ~44% pre-OBL, ~50% since.
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May 25, 2011 at 7:34 PM
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@fivethirtyeight Remember, though, Obama was in mid to high 40s in March; might have been below equilibrium in the immediate pre-OBL period.
May 25, 2011 at 7:38 PM
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RT @jayrosen_nyu: Scholarly study on he said, she said journalism and “death panels” says the press should just refuse to quote false claims http://jr.ly/ab7a
May 25, 2011 at 1:49 PM
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I hate supposed “fact checks” like AP’s “Netanyahu speech ignores rival claims” http://j.mp/jUUm03 Speeches tend to “ignore rival claims”
Aleqm5g5pqo8gx_bbeojp_wvqhqbbvnxsw?docid=87809a3635824aff9c276fd319e97ac8&size=s2 The Associated Press: FACT CHECK: Netanyahu speech ignores rival claims FACT CHECK: Netanyahu speech ignores rival claims JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an impassioned defense of his approach to peace during a speech to Congress on T…
May 25, 2011 at 12:57 PM
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Don’t agree w/@ggreenwald, but enjoy his contrast between Brooks’s praise for UK political class & his populist posturing http://j.mp/lDvWPk
Md_horiz Glenn Greenwald: David Brooks’ political dream David Brooks flew to London so now he’s an expert on British politics, and in his New York Times column this morning, he explains why “the British political system is basically functional while …
May 24, 2011 at 3:54 PM
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Column today: http://j.mp/iAJ8qZ My ’08 post on him saying Obama couldn’t fit in at non-existent Applebee’s salad bar: http://j.mp/mtWaUO
Brooks_new-thumbstandard Britain Is Working In 1920, Winston Churchill’s mother held a dinner for M. Paul Cambon to celebrate the end of his 20 years as the French ambassador to Britain. One of the guests asked Cambon what he had seen in …
6a00d83451d25c69e200e551c0a2d98833-220si David Brooks on Obama and salad bars – Brendan Nyhan It’s easy to be a pop sociologist because you can just make things up: On MSNBC, David Brooks asserted that “less educated” and “downscale” people “look at [Sen. Barack] Obama, and they don’t se…
May 24, 2011 at 3:57 PM
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Honorary political scientist @mattyglesias educates D. Brooks on how US/UK political differences driven by institutions http://j.mp/ifok94
Yglesias » The US and UK Have Very Different Political Institutions May 24th, 2011 at 12:00 pm I completely agree with David Brooks that there’s something admirable about the operation of British political institutions: It’s just that the system worked. Each par…
May 25, 2011 at 1:00 PM