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New On the Media interview on fact-checking
My interview with Brooke Gladstone about the prospects for fact-checking in the age of Trump: (I also did a related interview on fact-checking and Trump with New Hampshire Public Radio.)
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New NYT: Talking politics at Thanksgiving
From my new Upshot column: It’s time for that annual American holiday tradition: awkward political conversation at the Thanksgiving dinner table. With the 2016 presidential primary campaign in full swing and public interest on the rise, the odds are good that relatives will share their thoughts with you about why one candidate will win or
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New NYT: Overrating outrage in Obama’s Paris response
From my new Upshot column: With all the reporting and commentary that faulted President Obama for not displaying more anger at his news conference Monday on the Paris attacks, it almost seemed as if people hoped he would bring back Luther, the satirical “anger translator” played by Keegan-Michael Key who appeared alongside him at the
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New NYT: Why Paris probably isn’t a “game changer”
From my new Upshot column: Until last week, the threat from terrorism had received little attention from candidates or voters during the 2016 campaign. In one poll, just 3 percent of Americans rated it the most important problem facing the country. The horrific attacks that took place Friday in Paris have, at least for the
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New NYT: The limits of the tobacco strategy on climate
From my new Upshot column: For years, activists and scholars have contended that groups who reject the scientific consensus on climate change are employing tactics once used to create doubt about the dangers of smoking. Now environmentalists are taking a page from tobacco opponents by suggesting oil companies misled investors and the public about the
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New NYT: How will Democrats pass their agenda?
From my new Upshot column: The Democratic presidential candidates covered a lot of ground during their debate Tuesday, but one issue received little attention: their theory of political change. How exactly would Hillary Rodham Clinton or her rivals pass the programs and proposals they advocate?
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New NYT: Deflategate polarization & conspiracy beliefs
From my new Upshot column: Sports fans may have more in common with political partisans than you might think — specifically, a home-team bias that shapes what they believe to be true about the world. As a result, the beliefs of fans — or partisans — who know the most about a particular controversy are
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New NYT: House disarray unlikely to help Democrats
From my new Upshot column: With House Republicans in disarray after John Boehner’s likely successor withdrew from the Speaker’s race Thursday, speculation has grown about potential damage to the party’s chances in the 2016 election. Will voters punish the G.O.P. for the actions of a conservative faction that blocked Kevin McCarthy’s ascension and has been
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New NYT: The problem with “authenticity”
From my new Upshot column: Is Hillary Rodham Clinton not presenting her true self to voters? As with candidates like Mitt Romney and Al Gore, claims that she is inauthentic have fueled endless cycles of negative coverage of her campaign. In reality, all politicians are strategic about the image and behaviors they present to voters.
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New NYT: Will crime return as a GOP election strategy?
From my new Upshot column: Over the last few weeks, a number of Republican presidential candidates have begun to criticize President Obama and the Black Lives Matter protest movement, saying they are encouraging crime. Although there’s little evidence of a crime wave outside of a few major cities where homicides have increased, the political rationale