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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Brendan Nyhan

1. August 17, 2012 03:43 PM

   A laurel to The Atlantic’s Garance Franke-Ruta

   For calling on reporters to repeat the truth as often as needed, and showing how to do it

   By Greg Marx

   This week’s laurel goes to Garance Franke-Ruta of The Atlantic, whose astute web piece “What to Do With Political Lies,” offered some simple, useful advice for how journalists can better respond to misleading and unsubstantiated attacks on the campaign trail. Franke-Ruta starts with the premise—shared by The New Republic’s Alec MacGillis, whose frustrated post about inadequate coverage of some...

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2. June 17, 2011 11:44 AM

   The Backfire Effect

   More on the press’s inability to debunk bad information

   By Craig Silverman

   Which of these headlines strikes you as the most persuasive: “I am not a Muslim, Obama says.” “I am a Christian, Obama says.” The first headline is a direct and unequivocal denial of a piece of misinformation that’s had a frustratingly long life. It’s Obama directly addressing the falsehood. The second option takes a different approach by affirming Obama’s...

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