Friday on the Dish, Andrew slammed Peggy Noonan’s latest column, parsed public opinion on the IRS and Benghazi, and recalled Rumsfeld’s shut-down argument style. He encouraged consenting adults to let their freak flags fly and dove deep on the meaning of IQ scores. In political coverage, Politico looked to Cheney for guidance as scandals continued to dominate the news, Shafer explained the significance of the leaks … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, Andrew called for accountability at the IRS while the government took a credibility hit, wondered at the media’s silence on the recent New Orleans shootings, worried about intellectual freedom in research on race and IQ. Elsewhere, he cringed at Kessler’s assessment of the Benghazi scandal and remained unconvinced about its import while believers struggled to place it on a map. He pushed back against Greenwald’s view … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
Friday on the Dish, Andrew skewered Ari Fleischer’s latest defense of the torture regime, confronted Bishop Tobin of Rhode Island over his remarks on his state’s legalization of gay marriage and called for the resignation of Newark’s Archbishop Myers over covering for pedophiles. He agreed with Jon Favraeu about Obama’s power to direct rather than … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Friday on the Dish, Andrew endorsed both Obama’s and Ilya Shapiro’s approaches to marriage equality, wondered why the Voting Rights Act wasn’t left to the legislature, and echoed Kenneth McIntyre’s description of Oakeshott. He agreed with a reader on gluten-free diets as he watched BuzzFeed’s sponsored content spread. In politics, the sequester struck and the public wearied of war, but Boehner exhibited rare bipartisanship in the House. Beinart mulled over the reasons for Obama’s Israel trip, Jeffrey Goldberg … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Biggest questions of night r: how Obama deals w/question of jobs vs deficits and how good a plan Secret Service has to deal with Ted Nugent. — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 13, 2013 Joe Biden sneaking over to Ted Nugent to get him to sign his Stratocaster. — pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 13, 2013 Never thought … Continue reading SOTU: Tweet Reax
Friday on the Dish, Andrew diagnosed the GOP with ongoing Dubya-denial, and urged Republicans to get over it for the sake of the party. Meanwhile, Chait chided the silent centrists in the GOP, Karl Rove reminded the foundering party of the “Buckley rule,” and we gave Chris Christie a pass on his weight. Elsewhere, we … Continue reading The Weekly Wrap
Today on the Dish, Andrew shamed the president for betraying his promise of a transparent, constitutional fight against al-Qaeda, and searched for a smarter approach worthy of our country. He voiced hope that Americans will once again overcome their fear of fresh immigration and observed the realization of equality in Britain’s parliament and the country … Continue reading The Daily Wrap
In this ongoing thread stretching back several years, the Dish looks at the role of women in combat. The first segment of the thread, “From Lady To Lioness”, which covered the Lioness Program allowing female Marines to serve in combat units to interact with Muslim women, is immediately below. The next segment from Feb 2012, … Continue reading Females At The Front
Lauren Indvik details a prototype from the WaPo: A software program recognizes and transcribes speech into text, which appears to the right of the video. As statements are transcribed, they are run against WaPo‘s database of facts, matching keywords to determine if an assertion is accurate. If it is, a “true” label will flash above the … Continue reading Robot Fact-Checkers
Below are our posts covering the rise of “sponsored content” at sites like the Atlantic and Buzzfeed. The coverage began in response to a Scientology advertorial featured by the Atlantic in January 2013, then a month later the focus shifted to Buzzfeed and other examples across the web (you can skip directly to that section here). … Continue reading “Enhanced Advertorial Techniques”
