Tom Rosenstiel

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Author, Elements of Journalism, novelist, The Days to Come, professor, MD Merrill College of Journalism, researcher NORC at Univ of Chicago #journos #sfgiants #goldenstatewarriors
Tom RosenstielJan 12, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/opinion/chris-rufo-florida-ron-desantis.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Opinion | DeSantis Allies Plot the Hostile Takeover of a Liberal College

Chris Rufo’s “long march through the institutions” starts in Florida.

The New York Times
Tom RosenstielDec 31, 2022
This. Important analysis of polling, the election and the press. And they got this right. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/31/us/politics/polling-election-2022-red-wave.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The ‘Red Wave’ Washout: How Skewed Polls Fed a False Election Narrative

The errant surveys spooked some candidates into spending more money than necessary, and diverted help from others who otherwise had a fighting chance of winning.

The New York Times
Tom RosenstielDec 17, 2022
And this, of course... Donald Trump’s NFT digital trading cards quickly sold out, generating more than $4 million—none of which would go to his presidential campaign. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-nft-digital-trading-cards-bring-in-millions-of-dollarsand-gop-ridicule-11671216029
Trump’s NFT Digital Trading Cards Bring in Millions of Dollars—and GOP Ridicule

Money from the former president’s latest business venture will benefit him and his partners but not his 2024 campaign

WSJ
Tom RosenstielDec 17, 2022
Disaster scenarios raise the stakes for Colorado River negotiations https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/17/colorado-river-crisis-conference/
Disaster scenarios raise the stakes for Colorado River negotiations

Those responsible for divvying up the Colorado River's dwindling supply are warning that unprecedented shortages could be coming to farms and cities in the West.

The Washington Post
Tom RosenstielDec 17, 2022
Philip BumpDec 17, 2022
YouGov, God bless them, took Twitter survey questions and ran them as real, scientific polls. And guess what! Twitter polls are not accurate measures of opinion. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/16/twitter-polls-arent-real-life-part-two/?itid=ap_philipbump
Twitter polls aren’t real life, part two

The polling firm YouGov actually polled Americans on questions Elon Musk had raised. His polls are not the vox of the populi, after all.

The Washington Post
Tom RosenstielDec 17, 2022
Can politics kill you? Research says the answer increasingly is yes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/16/politics-health-relationship/
Can politics kill you? Research says the answer increasingly is yes.

The toxicity of partisan politics is fueling an overall increase in mortality rates for working-age Americans, new studies show.

The Washington Post
Tom RosenstielNov 29, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/amazon-shopping-ads/ Shopping on Amazon is deteriorating
How Amazon shopping ads are disguised as real results

Most of what you see at first on Amazon is now an ad.

The Washington Post
Tom RosenstielNov 22, 2022
Interesting: This chaos may be more strategic than it appears. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/technology/elon-musk-twitter-management.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Tom RosenstielNov 21, 2022
Anne ApplebaumNov 19, 2022
Michael Gerson, who has just died, was a scrupulously honest evangelical conservative. This was his great article for the Atlantic, published 2918
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/?s=09
Trump and the Evangelical Temptation

How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living memory

The Atlantic
Tom RosenstielNov 21, 2022
Anne ApplebaumNov 20, 2022

This, from the Secretary of Defense, is excellent:

"The outcome of the war in Ukraine will help determine the course of global security in this young century. And those of us in North America don’t have the option of sitting this one out"

https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3224089/why-ukraine-matters-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-h/

"Why Ukraine Matters" Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the Halifax I

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivered the keynote address at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Canada.

U.S. Department of Defense