Reporting techniques
The Politico Web site has been doing an awful lot of good, new media stuff and has really made an impact on political reporting inside the beltway.
They've come up with a new feature, and, while it may not always pan out (this week's is pretty good), it's innovative and fun.
The Shuttle: Rep. Scott Garrett
By DANIEL LIBIT | 5/16/08 3:32 PM
Politico offers members a lift out of town. The price of the ride? The tape recorder is running.
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Presented without comment https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1438894708256870400
“Blinken deletes tweet saying US would ‘stand with people of Hong Kong’ & posts watered-down version.”
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3149125/blinken-deletes-tweet-saying-us-would-stand-people-hong-kong
Imagine @politico writing a similar story had Gov. @GavinNewsom been recalled and replaced with @larryelder. Instead of attempting to malign the legislature, they'd have praised it.
For nearly three years, Wisconsin's state Assembly speaker has used his Republican majority to block, thwart or resist almost every significant move made by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/15/wisconsin-power-robin-vos-tony-evers-511582
@ZebraFactCheck @PolitiFactBias The majority of posts I saw talking about the 1% were noting the accurate 40% stat. It's telling PolitiFact went searching for the claim they could swat down as "false," rather than fact-checking the accurate claim as "true." Reminds me of this exchange https://twitter.com/fact_meta/status/1431378857798488068
@kentorianu @ZebraFactCheck @PolitiFact Since there's concern about bad faith arguments, I'll make it simple.
Vaccinated people can spread variants. True or False?
