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Column archives
Demagoguery emboldened: Attacks on dissent since 9/11 by Brendan Nyhan (9/30/04)
Deception becomes all too conventional by Brendan Nyhan and Ben Fritz (9/7/04)
Forty pages of sloppiness: The factual errors of Lewis Lapham's Gag Rule by Brendan Nyhan (7/15/04)
Fahrenheit 9/11: The temperature at which Michael Moore's pants burn by Brendan Nyhan (7/2/04)
Tsunami by Bryan Keefer (7/1/04)
Stereotypes run amok: Slate's misleading "Bushisms" and "Kerryisms" by Ben Fritz (6/15/04)
John Kerry's French connection by Ben Fritz and Brendan Nyhan (3/24/04)
White House effort to put recession in Clinton era / Democrats exaggerating jobs lost in Bush's term by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan (3/18/04) [Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer]
Unfair terrorist comparisons / Scientists take cheap shots at Bush by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan (3/11/04) [Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer]
Kerry joins others in misrepresenting his platform by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan (3/4/04) [Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer]
The misreported jobs projection / Attacks on Kerry's patriotism? by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan (2/26/04) [Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer]
Unfair characterization of 'outsourcing' quote / What Kerry said and when he said it by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan (2/19/04) [Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer]
Despite claims pro and con, the jury is still very much out by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan (2/12/04) [Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer]
When is a plan not really a plan? / Politics has truth twisting in the mind by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan (2/5/04) [Published as one column in the Philadelphia Inquirer]
Hateful speech and 'hate speech' by Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer and Brendan Nyhan (1/29/04) [Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer]
"Political hate speech":
A case study in the use of language as a political weapon by Brendan Nyhan (1/26/04)
A flurry of unfair associations by Ben Fritz (1/13/04)
Bush tax cut tactics spread to Democrats and beyond by Bryan Keefer (1/12/04)
Dean's not-so-straight talk on Bush and the war by Brendan Nyhan (12/17/03)
The liberal who cried wolf by Ben Fritz (12/8/03)
The Republican assault on "political hate speech" by Brendan Nyhan (11/13/03)
Strategic ambiguity about Ansar Al-Islam by Bryan Keefer (11/7/03)
Sorting out the "imminent threat" debate by Ben Fritz (11/3/03)
The $38 billion deficit that won't go away by Brendan Nyhan (10/28/03)
Coulter's questionable corrections by Bryan Keefer (10/23/03)
Dude, Where's My Intellectual Honesty? by Bryan Keefer (10/16/03)
Moore's myriad mistakes by Bryan Keefer (10/16/03)
How media myths are born: The continuing saga of the Wesley Clark phone call narrative by Brendan Nyhan (10/16/03)
Pundits keep spinning Clark phone call by Bryan Keefer (9/25/03)
The deceptive advocacy of Stephen Moore by Brendan Nyhan and Ben Fritz (9/22/03)
Big Lies and little mistakes by Bryan Keefer (9/9/03)
Pundits won't stop spinning Clark's phone call by Ben Fritz (9/3/03)
Lies, spin and truth in the controversy over Iraq's alleged pursuit of uranium by Ben Fritz and Brendan Nyhan (7/29/03)
Screed: With Treason, Ann Coulter once again defines a new low in America's political debate by Brendan Nyhan (6/30/03)
What's at stake in the WMD debate by Ben Fritz (6/24/03)
The myth of Robert Byrd and the USS Abraham Lincoln by Brendan Nyhan (6/18/03)
The strategically ambiguous George W. Bush by Bryan Keefer (6/12/03)
More myths, misconceptions and unanswered questions about the war in Iraq by Brendan Nyhan and Bryan Keefer (5/28/03)
Dowd spawns Bush media myth by Brendan Nyhan (5/22/03)
The Bush administration vs. its economists - part 2 by Brendan Nyhan (5/16/03)
The Gore-ing of John Kerry by Ben Fritz (5/7/03) [Published on Salon.com -- readers must have a Salon Premium subscription or view an advertisement.]
Myths and misconceptions about the war in Iraq by Brendan Nyhan and Bryan Keefer (4/04/03)
Myths and misconceptions about Iraq by Bryan Keefer, Ben Fritz and Brendan Nyhan (3/20/03)
The Heritage Foundation's dishonest "survey" by Brendan Nyhan (2/27/03)
Savage with the truth by Ben Fritz (2/19/03) [Published on Salon.com -- readers must have a Salon Premium subscription or view an advertisement.]
The Bush administration vs. its economists by Brendan Nyhan (2/13/03)
The art of "class warfare" by Ben Fritz (1/15/03)
A devotion to distortion by Ben Fritz (1/12/03) [Published in the Orange County Register]
Taxing the public trust by Bryan Keefer (1/10/03)
The dissent smackdown by Brendan Nyhan (1/6/03)
Gore and pundits race to the bottom by Ben Fritz (12/04/02)
Playing the patriotism card: The new wave of attacks on Tom Daschle by Bryan Keefer (11/20/02)
Viewer beware by Ben Fritz (11/19/02)
Making Bush tell the truth by Brendan Nyhan (11/8/02)
Saddam, terrorist comparisons become commonplace by Bryan Keefer (10/25/02)
A vast voter fraud conspiracy? by Brendan Nyhan (10/24/02)
The big NEA-Sept. 11 lie, cont'd by Brendan Nyhan (9/18/02) [first published on Salon.com]
The big NEA-Sept. 11 lie by Brendan Nyhan (9/5/02) [first published on Salon.com]
The blowhard next door by Ben Fritz and Bryan Keefer (8/26/02) [first published on Salon.com]
The trouble with Media Whores Online by Brendan Nyhan (8/15/02)
Looking for a silver lining by Ben Fritz (7/23/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Throwing the book at her by Bryan Keefer (7/13/02) [first published on Salon.com]
WorldCom blame game by Brendan Nyhan (7/4/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Foul cry by Ben Fritz (7/1/02) [first published on Salon.com]
When buzzwords go bad by Ben Fritz (6/11/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Axing the tough questions by Brendan Nyhan (5/21/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Hijacking the issue by Ben Fritz (5/18/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Return of Rall: Oil conspiracy redux by Bryan Keefer (4/12/02)
One Moore stupid white man by Ben Fritz (4/3/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Pickering's race war by Ben Fritz (3/13/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Bully brigade by Brendan Nyhan (3/4/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Coming up Enron by Bryan Keefer (2/20/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Mitch Daniels' fuzzy math by Brendan Nyhan (2/12/02) [first published on Salon.com]
Confusing the Facts of the GAO-Cheney Dispute by Ben Fritz (2/4/02)
The New Math: Fudging the Numbers in the Economic Blame Game by Bryan Keefer (1/28/02)
Here Comes "Daschlenomics": The GOP Readies Its Rhetorical Playbook by Brendan Nyhan (1/22/02)
Scandalous Rhetoric Before the Scandal: The Growing Enron Debate by Ben Fritz (1/14/02)
The John Walker Attack on Liberalism by Ben Fritz (12/17/01)
Closing Down Debate: Ashcroft's Attack on Dissent by Bryan Keefer (12/10/01)
"Cornbelt Cromwell" and "Senator Depends": The Return of the Politics of Personal Demonization
by Brendan Nyhan (12/03/01)
Clinton Speaks, Pundits Spin: The Washington Times and the Spread of a Media Myth by Bryan Keefer (11/19/01)
Pre-empting Debate on Economic Stimulus by Ben Fritz (11/12/01)
"Patriotism" and "Treason": A New Trend in Irresponsible Wartime Rhetoric by Ben Fritz (10/29/01)
Truth and Dissembling on Central Asian Oil Politics by Brendan Nyhan (10/15/01)
Scheer Deception: The Lies and Jargon of Robert Scheer by Ben Fritz (10/08/01)
Criticizing American Policy: Picking and Choosing What is Legitimate by Bryan Keefer (10/01/01)
Suppressing Dissent At Home, Fighting for Freedom Abroad? by Brendan Nyhan (9/24/01)
Is Rational Discourse Another Casualty of Tuesday's
Attacks? by Ben Fritz (9/17/01)
Spinning the Social Security Surplus by Bryan Keefer (9/10/01)
The Evolving Jargon of "Clintonization" by Brendan Nyhan (9/04/01)
Double Standards and Spin: Liberal Attacks on Bush's Foreign Policy by Ben Fritz (7/30/01)
Spinning Chandra: Making the Condit Affair Partisan by Bryan Keefer (7/23/01)
Ann Coulter: The Jargon Vanguard by Brendan Nyhan (7/16/01)
Polarized Partisans Sling Jargon Like the Pros by Ben Fritz (7/9/01)
Judging Judges: Framing the Debate Over Court Nominations by Bryan Keefer (7/2/01)
Civil Rights Jargon in the Boy Scout Debate by Brendan Nyhan (6/25/01)
Barbarism, Perversity and Ex-Trotskyites: Conservative Pundits Introduce Americans to Europe by Ben Fritz (6/18/01)
"Last-Minute" Spinning: Discrediting Clinton's Regulations by Bryan Keefer (6/11/01)
Using "Changing the Tone" to Suppress Criticism by Brendan Nyhan (6/4/01)
Recycling Rhetoric:
Media Coverage of the Bush Tax Cut by Ben Fritz
(5/29/01)
Powering Up the
Rhetoric by Bryan Keefer (5/21/01)
The
Olson Reversal by Brendan Nyhan (5/14/01)
Spin and Violence in
Quebec City by Ben Fritz (5/7/01)
The Rhetoric
of Uncertainty by Bryan Keefer (4/30/01)
Race and "Racial McCarthyism" by Brendan
Nyhan (4/23/01)
Recount Reconsiderations by Ben Fritz
(4/17/01)
Jargon 101: Pardons and Punditry by Bryan Keefer
(4/9/01)
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