Month: June 2013
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New at CJR: Hillary’s first tweet – a 2016 harbinger?
My new column at CJR examines the excesses of coverage of Hillary Clinton’s first tweet and what it suggests about coverage of her potential 2016 presidential campaign – here’s how it begins: After more than four years representing the US abroad as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton returned to the domestic political fray last Monday
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New at CJR: Scandal narratives vs. approval data
I forgot to post my latest CJR column on how some journalists and media outlets seized on a single poll to make evidence-free assertions that recent scandals had hurt President Obama’s approval ratings. Here’s how it begins: Get out your wizard hats! It’s starting to sound like campaign season again. Just as political reporters wanted