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Tag Archives: Washington Post
Iron men at the Washington Post
Some classic iron manning from the Washington Post's Ombudsman (via Media Matters and Atrios): When President Obama has a bad day, or more specifically, on days when the economic news has been bad, I get a slew of feedback from conservative readers … Continue reading
Posted in Iron man
Tagged Iron Man arguments, iron man fallacy, Patrick Pexton, Washington Post
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Richie Rich
In the interst of fairness (perhaps) to those who frankly have a lot of money and influence, the Washington Post provides us with a mythbusting piece about millionaires. The first myth, you might be shocked to hear, is the following: 1. Millionaires … Continue reading
The Thirty
Sometime soon we'll have a post up about the "Hack Thirty" at Salon.com. We were surprised that some made the list (B-list hacks) and that some didn't (Charles Krauthammer? Seriously). For that reason we wondered about the methodology and the … Continue reading
Posted in General discussion
Tagged economic sabotage, Hack 30, Hack Thirty, hollow man, Michael Gerson, political hack, Straw Man, Washington Post
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Letters to the editor
A post or two ago I made the claim that columnists and arguers in general ought to have some lattitude in defining their opponent's argument(s). One only has 750 or so words, so one can't possibly be expected to provide thorough references. The breadth … Continue reading
I admire those who are wrong
The other day the Washington Post published a piece by a professor of politics at the University of Virginia (Gerard Alexander) called "Why are liberals so condescending?" (we discussed it here). It remains today a few days later one of … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Complex Question, General discussion, ignorance of basic matters of logic, Lack of Evidence, Narrativism
Tagged Al Gore, Chris Mooney, Gerard Alexander, Global Warming, Jim DeMint, non-sequiturs, The Republican War on Science, Washington Post, why are liberals so condescending?
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The System Worked
Charles Krauthammer, the most dishonest pundit at the Post next to the rest of them, today goes on a rant about Obama's failure to talk tough in the war on terrorism–which, if we know anything from the Bush administration, didn't … Continue reading
Shut him down
Once again someone needs to explain to Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor of the Washington Post, the importance of making "inferences." Yesterday in an online chat session (courtesy of TPM) there was the following exchange between Hiatt and a reader: … Continue reading
Posted in George Will
Tagged Climate Change, facts, Fred Hiatt, George Will, Global Warming denialism, inferences, Logic, Washington Post
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Practice with scientists
While I was away the Washington Post finally got around to posting responses to the two factually and logically challenged George Will pieces on global climate warming change (discussed by us here and here and here and here and here … Continue reading
