Donald Trump’s town hall marked a ratings high for CNN, but the March 10, 2023, event also came with a price for the cable news…
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Mass media and their role in public policy and cultural debates.
January 6, 2021, was not the culmination of Donald Trump’s narcissistic embrace of conspiracies. Instead, the day was a midpoint in Trumpism and the decline of…
Comments closedWhat does it say about our cynicism when criminals deliver what we consider “real” justice in popular fiction? The fictional antiheroes I enjoy raise many…
Comments closedReporter and podcaster Jesse Singal has given us a wonderful look into how and why social sciences promote junk science. The Quick Fix: Why Fad…
Comments closedAs readers of this blog and colleagues familiar with my approach to rhetoric know, I argue consistently that rhetoricians should be as familiar with statistics…
Comments closed“You really should be speaking out about…” a colleague will begin. I recognize the opening and anticipate the polite “suggestion” that I take a public…
Comments closedFor many years, I thought of Rush Limbaugh as the satirical version of a radical conservative. I assumed it was all a joke because that’s…
Comments closedThe 2020 election is less than a month away and Democratic consultants have raised concerns that some “movement slogans” could cost the party seats in…
Comments closedProgressive activists, well-intentioned as they might be, have managed to colonize Spanish and other Latin languages in the cause of gender-neutral language. This linguistic colonialism…
Comments closedMy syllabus asks people to respect differences and how individuals wish to be addressed. And yet, I managed to offend a colleague who previewed recent…
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