Dec 10, 2025 | Blog, Democracy and Transitions to Authoritarianism, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
Research into online filter bubbles confirms that Democrats and Republicans actually live in two different realities. That is, their beliefs about what is true differ in significant ways. And because the beliefs held by people in other bubbles have been deemed...
Sep 30, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
Charlie Cook, founder of the Cook Political Report (CPR), wrote a column last month for CPR (behind a pay wall) about gerrymandering that began this way: After 47 years at The Washington Post, Dan Balz recently announced he is stepping back from his role as the...
May 25, 2024 | Blog, Journalism, Bias & Censored News
The modern media environment damages public understanding of complex issues as much by incentivizing frequent small inaccuracies as by way of bots and deliberate misinformation. Let’s look at another April 2024 example of sloppy journalism that leaves the wrong...
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...