September 28, 2006
Category: Issue Attention Cycles
Email list servs and blogs aren't the only things buzzing about the new documentary 'Jesus Camp,' (trailer) which opens in major cities this weekend, including here in D.C. The news media has also discovered the film, and its impact...
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Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 1:47 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 26, 2006
Category: Global Warming
As Inhofe attacks the media for exaggerating the threat of global warming, the GOP continues to pursue its election strategy of making terrorism and the memory of 9/11 the defining criteria for voters come November. John Mueller, political scientist...
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Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 3:01 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
Just to show you how out of touch Inhofe and his staff are in their attack on the media, they even label as alarmist Andrew Revkin of the NY Times. I've read through literally dozens of Revkin's articles, I...
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Posted by Matthew C. Nisbet at 2:35 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Global Warming
Yesterday, Senator James Inhofe, Chair of the Committee on Public Works & the Environment, issued a challenge to journalists to stop what he called the "media hype" over global warming. Inhofe compiles a list of what he considers exaggerated...
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Category: FRAME: Strategy/Conflict
If it isn't already obvious, the GOP game plan for the November election is to make September 11 and the war on terror the dominant consideration for voters, rather than the troubles in Iraq, and the lingering questions of...
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September 25, 2006
Category: Issue Attention Cycles
Chris Wallace has this to say about the ground rules agreed to by Fox News and Clinton.......
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Category: FRAME: Strategy/Conflict
News outlets and the blogosphere are abuzz over Bill Clinton's appearance on Fox News Sunday. The whole episode is a classic example of how the negotiation of news between journalists and powerful sources can sometimes go wrong, especially when...
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September 19, 2006
For readers who are interested in learning more about the communication battles over science policy, I gave the following talk to the American Institute of Biological Sciences back in May, and now AIBS has posted a video of the...
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September 12, 2006
Category: Blogging/New Media
For readers in the Beltway, I will be presenting at this upcoming panel on blogging sponsored by the DC Science Writers Association. It's free if you don't plan to partake in the food and beverages before hand. Here's the...
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September 2, 2006
Category: Enviro/Science Reporting
In the latest issue of the journal Science Communication, David Sachsman, James Simon, and JoAnn Valenti report on their findings from a census survey of environmental reporters across the Pacific Northwest, New England, the South, and Rocky Mountain regions....
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