Monthly Archives: March 2012

New ethics policy at National Public Radio

I recently wrote about a problem I see with media reporting, in my article: The Wikipediazation of the mainstream media. I bemoaned the tendency of news organizations to repeat whatever newsmakers say, without regard to whether it’s true or not. … Continue reading

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics (Part 2)

Continued from Lies, damned lies, and statistics (Part 1). In this part we examine a claim by authors Johannson and Crosby at The Daily Pen in their article: Vital Records Indicate Obama Not Born in Hawaii Hospital (Part 3) that … Continue reading

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics (Part 1)

For the Birthers to assert that Barack Obama was born overseas, they must deal first with his certified Hawaiian long-form birth certificate that says he was born in a Honolulu hospital in 1961. Some Birthers simply deny the authenticity of … Continue reading

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Pollster says: People are stupid

More than once this blog has highlighted poll results about which I can only shake my head in wonderment. A majority of Mississippi Republican voters think Obama is a Muslim and nearly half think Evolution isn’t true. I may wonder, … Continue reading

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The occasional open thread: Beware the open thread

The Ides of March edition. Put your Obama Conspiracy comments not related to the current articles here. Comments will close in two weeks.

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Thank God for Mississippi

For those of you not raised in the southern United States, the phrase “thank God for Mississippi” may not be familiar; it is familiar to me, born and raised in Alabama and transplanted to South Carolina. You see, the places … Continue reading

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