David Spence, Author at Climate of Contempt

Misinformation has created an alternative world for some Americans

Apr 24, 2024 | News

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Departing Members Describe What Congress Is Really Like

Apr 24, 2024 | News

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Politics = Salience + Framing + Emotion

Apr 20, 2024 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate

There is an old axiom (sometimes attributed to Carl Sandburg) that trial attorneys know: “When the law is against you, argue the facts. When the facts are against you, argue the law.” The 1990s courtroom/family drama “Picket Fences” featured a...

Annotating Advocacy Journalism – Episode #1

Apr 15, 2024 | Blog, Journalism, Bias & Censored News

Let’s look at two April 2024 examples of misleading journalism. On April 12, 2024 the Daily Caller ran a piece entitled “Electricity Prices Have Risen Seven Times Faster Under Biden Than Trump.” It began with this: Electricity prices have experienced a significant...

Why state, local and private initiatives are second best

Apr 10, 2024 | Blog

Paralyzed by negative partisanship, Congress is unable to craft regulatory legislation to tackle climate change by limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As the costs of climate change grow larger with increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon, and become more...