The Media’s Role During Emergencies

by | Mar 15, 2020 | Emergency, Journalism, Mass Media

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Journalists have a responsibility to report information they believe is honest and objective. Public health and emergency management professionals sometimes expect the media to report in a way that supports official...

Public Opinion and the Electoral College

by | Mar 14, 2020 | Uncategorized

Andrew Daniller at Pew: A majority of U.S. adults (58%) say the Constitution should be amended so the presidential candidate who receives the most votes nationwide wins, while 40% prefer to keep the current system in which the candidate who receives the most Electoral...

Accuracy and Presidential Rhetoric

by | Mar 12, 2020 | Presidency, Rhetroric

Keith Hennessey: In more than six years on the staff of President George W. Bush’s National Economic Council, I had the type of conversation described in the WSJ article hundreds of times. As a policy aide one of my core responsibilities was to make sure the...