2016 Election
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At RNC, Media Put a Happy Face on Suppression of Speech
Originally published at Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting. News media could either be our ally or our enemy—we wanted them as an ally,” Laurie Pritchett said in a 1985 interview about his strategy as police chief in Albany, Georgia, during Martin Luther King, Jr.’s desegregation efforts in 1962. Pritchett famously ordered his officers to enforce…
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Police Keep Blocking Access to Cleveland’s Public Square Using “T-Formation”
(See my Perisocope video of the police action here.) For the past hour and a half, police have gradually pushed demonstrators and other members of the public out of the center of Public Square in Cleveland, the site of 2016’s Republican National Convention. A local ABC reporter told (about 4:30 in the Periscope video) her…
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Prophets of Rage Take Over Streets of Cleveland on Day One of Republican National Convention
Day one of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, began with an eerie hush. The streets were empty for much of the morning as a few drivers and walkers (including Wolf Blitzer) alike tried to figure their way around the 10-foot tall fence – plastered with “No Drone Zone” signs courtesy of the…
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Q&A with Prof. Christina Greer on the Presidential Election
A condensed version of the following interview, conducted on April 6, was originally published at the Fordham Observer. Until I can afford to upgrade my website, unfortunately I am unable to upload the audio file of the interview. Gunar Olsen: This is Gunar Olsen with the Fordham Observer, and I’m speaking with Christina Greer, associate…
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What Gets Asked at Debates–and Who Gets Asked It?: A FAIR study of presidential primary debate questions
Originally published at Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting. Reposted at Common Dreams. It’s not 2016 yet, but the 2016 presidential election cycle has already seen two Democratic primary debates, four Republican primary debates and four Republican “undercard” debates (for the GOP candidates who weren’t considered ready for primetime). A fifth pair of Republican debates will…
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Pundits Thought Clinton Beat Sanders – But Did Viewers?
Originally published at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. Reposted at Common Dreams. A New York Times article (10/14/15) by Alan Rappeport about who won last night’s Democratic presidential debate reported today that “Hillary Rodham Clinton was the clear victor, according to the opinion shapers in the political world (even conservative commentators).” The Times quoted National…
Gunar Olsen 