Category Archives: Framing

How Does Dan Balz Know What ‘Democrats’ Think?

Posted on January 12, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Once again, someone in the traditional media is projecting their personal opinion onto millions of people without any evidence. This is how bullshit political narratives are made. And that kills democracy.
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Posted in Democrats, Framing, Fucking Morons, News Media | 3 Comments

A Case Study in Pundit Over-Analysis

Posted on January 10, 2008 by mikethemadbiologist

Here’s one example, brought to you by Frank Rich, of how writing political narratives instead of discussing data leads to unsupported conclusions.
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Posted in Democrats, Framing, Iraq, News Media | 2 Comments

Democrats Should Stop Talking About What They Should Do…

Posted on December 30, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

…and start doing it. Most people care far less about how a politician or political party can be elected than they do about what that politician or party will do to help them.
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Posted in Democrats, Framing, Fucking Morons | 1 Comment

Creationism, Accreditation, and Higher Education

Posted on December 17, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Imagine if a coalition of universities announced that they would consider students from Texas or those states that accept teachers certified in Texas as not having fulfilled necessary science requirements.
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Posted in Creationism, Education, Evolution, Framing, The War on Science | 11 Comments

Texas: Vichy Science Is on the March

Posted on December 3, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

In light of recent creationist idiocy in Texas, the evolution ‘controversy’ will be in the news. Those of us who support science will need some talking points made for TV debate, not the classroom. Here are my suggestions
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Posted in Creationism, Framing | 8 Comments

A Possible Way to Strike Back at Creationist Politicians

Posted on December 1, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

you’ve probably heard about the firing of the Texas Education Agency’s director of science curriculum. There’s not much to add to what others have already said about how stupid this is, so, instead, I want to propose one possible way to strike back at these bozos: federalize the issue.
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Framing | 3 Comments

Reframing ‘Waterboarding’

Posted on November 3, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

I am in utter awe of the brilliant reframing of ‘waterboarding’ by the Kenosha Kid.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Framing, Torture | 3 Comments

Framing, Evolution, and Power

Posted on October 16, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

Once again, the science framing wars have flared up. While we’re arguing over framing evolution, the right is using government tax dollars to train cadres through all sorts of faith-based programs. We need less framing and more lobbying.
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Posted in Conservatives, Creationism, Evolution, Framing, Funding, Progressives, Racism, Religion, The War on Science | 9 Comments

Why Senator Clinton’s Electability Issue Is (Partially) Her Fault

Posted on October 8, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

The narrative Senator Clinton has constructed has too much Slick and very little Willie.
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Posted in Democrats, Framing, News Media, Propaganda | 3 Comments

Giuliani’s Mistress of Woo and Psychobabble

Posted on August 1, 2007 by mikethemadbiologist

The blogosphere is in a wee bit of a tizzy over a Vanity Fair article that hints Giuliani might be having an(other) affair, this time with advisor and motivational speaker, Starr Shephard. Personally, as long as he’s not doing it in public, I don’t care who Giuliani is or is not screwing, although the whole subject does generate some unappealing mental images. But the motivational guru part is disturbing.
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Posted in A Message to You, Rudy, Conservatives, Framing, Fucking Morons, The War on Science | 2 Comments