Month: August 2012
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New at CJR: The fact-checking crisis of confidence
My new column at CJR argues that the persistence of false claims in the presidential campaign doesn’t mean that the fact-checkers have failed. Here’s how it begins: Can the media stop politicians from misleading the public? That’s the question on the minds of many journalists and commentators after Paul Ryan’s speech last night at the
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New at CJR: In defense of convention coverage
In my new column at CJR, I defend the value of convention coverage despite a lack of breaking news. Here’s how it begins: Every four years, the two presidential candidates do battle in a series of high-stakes televised events that could shape the outcome of the campaign. They also take part in some highly scripted
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New review article on Tim Groseclose’s Left Turn
I have a new review article in Perspectives on Politics critiquing Tim Groseclose’s book Left Turn that started as a blog post here way back in 2005 (gated; ungated). Here’s how it begins: In 2005, University of California-Los Angeles political scientist Tim Groseclose and University of Missouri economist Jeff Milyo published a study in the
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New at CJR: Media failures in Reid/Romney coverage
I have a new column at CJR on journalistic and fact-checking failures in coverage of Harry Reid’s unsubstantiated claim that Mitt Romney has paid no taxes for ten years. Here’s how it begins: A week ago, The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein and Ryan Grim published an article repeating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s claim that
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New at CJR: The Gore-ing of Mitt Romney
My new column at CJR examines how media hostility to Mitt Romney is helping to fuel the gaffe frenzies that frequently dominate coverage of his campaign and proposes a better approach to covering the horse race. Here’s how it begins: The profane confrontation between one of Mitt Romney’s press aides and reporters at the end