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Jun 24 2019
News
Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS.
The world, according to University of Washington professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, is awash in BS.
So begins their popular course, “Calling Bullshit,” which trains college students to identify and call out misinformation. BS warps voter choices. It can damage businesses. BS oozed from a crudely edited video that falsely suggested House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was
Washington Post
Oct 08 2014
News
As Midterm Elections Loom, U.S. Voters Are Excited About...Nobody
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, after an early scare, is cruising toward re-election next month in South Carolina. Yet, he isn’t sure what the deeper meaning of victory will be this year.
“There is no mandate other than, ‘We don’t like the other guy,’ ” he said.
Sen. Graham and his fellow Republicans hold a clear edge as the midterm campaign heads into its stretch run. The party
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 13 2016
Opinion
What WikiLeaks hack says about Clinton: Our view
Now we know why she didn't want those Wall Street speeches made public. The stream of hacked WikiLeaks emails — the latest trove dumped Thursday — from inside Hillary Clinton’s campaign opens up a troubling prospect far beyond their revelations about the differing public and private faces of the Democratic presidential nominee.
The leaks show that the Russian government might be trying
USA TODAY
Jun 02 2015
News
We Republicans Lost On Gay Rights. That’s A Good Thing.
I'm not among those Republicans who have “evolved” on the issue of gay rights. I didn’t need to. I’ve always been attracted to the GOP message of more freedom and less government, but thought it hypocritical and counter to the core of our philosophy that Republicans would not apply those tenets to gay rights. But of course I was often the black sheep in campaign meetings during the 1990s and
Politico
Jun 01 2015
News
Veteran Journalist Makes Big Admission About Obama and the Media
“Face the Nation” moderator Bob Schieffer, who signed off this weekend after more than two decades hosting the CBS Sunday morning show, told Fox News’ Howard Kurtz that it’s possible the media weren’t skeptical enough of Barack Obama during his first presidential run in 2008.
When asked whether Obama was given an “incredibly easy ride” by the media, Schieffer at first noted that the
The Blaze
Jun 01 2015
News
Blue on Blue: Martin O'Malley Takes Direct Shots at Hillary Clinton
In case you missed it -- and we can't blame you if you did -- former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley announced his candidacy for president over the weekend. The Democrat's odds are extremely long, for reasons enumerated in Leah's post, but that doesn't mean O'Malley can't serve a purpose. Self-described Socialist Bernie Sanders is running to Hillary Clinton's ideological left, and O'Malley
Townhall
Oct 05 2014
News
Supreme Court Term Carries Expectations For Gay Marriage Hearing
A Supreme Court term that is starting with a lack of headline-grabbing cases may end with a blockbuster that helps define the legacy of the court under Chief Justice John Roberts.
While same-sex marriage is not yet on their agenda, the justices appear likely to take on the issue and decide once and for all whether gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry.
When
HuffPost
Dec 17 2020
Perspectives Blog
6 Ways the Media Tries to Catch Your Attention
Our modern world of media and advertising is shaped by many forces. The strongest and most important of them is attention. Take a minute to think about all the things that you read or clicked on today. What made you choose them out of a thousand others?
The term 'attention economy' comes to mind when we think about this. Economics studies the allocation of scarce resources and how to
Avanti Giridharan
Oct 01 2014
News
Islamic State Fighting Strains Pentagon Budget
President Barack Obama's expansion of airstrikes in the Middle East is creating new strains on Pentagon planners who thought the days of costly military operations in that region were over—at least for now.
The U.S. military campaign is expected to cost tens of billions of dollars in the short-term, creating new demands on a tightening Pentagon budget.
That volatile combination
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 26 2020
Opinion
Elections Can't Cure a Sick Political Culture
With November 2020 looming, Americans look forward to the end of a seemingly permanent election campaign and perhaps some reduction in the raging fever of national tensions that ail the country. Dream on. Even if we have a clear winner on election night, the selection of next year's lucky White House resident seems bound to leave people more enraged than ever. Elections are no longer about
Reason