Look at the way 3 of the major media outlets covered the Auditor's report of campaign use by the offices of Richard Moore and Bev Perdue: N&O: "Perdue, Moore used ... Keep Reading
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Climate Change: Availability Entrepreneurs
Absolutely wicked piece in the NY Times from John Tierney. A sliver: Today’s interpreters of the weather are what social scientists call availability entrepreneurs: the ... Keep Reading
Journalistic Integrity
Journalistic integrity is not dead: Mary Cornatzer, business editor, said she wasn't aware of that connection [between Workplace Options and Public Policy Polling] and would not ... Keep Reading
Disclosure Needed?
In Sunday's News & Observer's Business section, one of the main articles detailed the growing use of "backup daycare" centers and how this was becoming an ... Keep Reading
Immigrants & College: Crediting Civitas & Luebke
Let it be known that Bob Luebke of Civitas broke the recent spate of stories about Community Colleges being forced to accept illegal immigrants. I realize the media don't usually ... Keep Reading
News & Observer, MSM: Justified Bias
This article by Ted Vaden is one of the strangest, most epicyclical articles I've ever read about the media's (and Vaden's paper - the N&O's) bias towards Democrat candidates. ... Keep Reading
Lies and the Left: Hand in Glove
First it was Stephen Glass of TNR. Now Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp is making up stuff. This is really disappointing. As a former enthusiastic New Republic subscriber (yes, I know ... Keep Reading
Crusty Old Fitzsimon Piece makes Observer
For some reason, the Charlotte Observer decided to run an old piece from Chris Fitzsimon -- one that we debunked more than a month ago! In it, he argues that the General Assembly ... Keep Reading
Think-Tank Equity
In case you missed yesterday's John Hood post on NC think tanks, here's a choice bit: I’ve just started a new assessment, but my guess is that the proportions will not have ... Keep Reading
Tampon Cookies and Other Strategery
MoveOn.org is getting a lot of extra press from its Petraeus Betray Us ads. Apparently, George Lakoff is helping out. I know Lakoff from his work on metaphor (that used to be ... Keep Reading