Archive for April 10th, 2007

Opinion shifts, no one seems to cares »

>Opinion shift passes quietly (Chicago Tribune) (Via Romenesko) The Chicago Tribune editorial page, notorious for flip-flopping every 138 years, reconsiders its long-running support for the death penalty. Timothy J. McNulty, the public editor, notes that the change generated “barely a ripple” of public opinion. Is that because, as McNulty notes, “Abolition of the death penalty [...]

A bit more on anecdotal leads »

Just wanted to promote to its own post an absolutely brilliant link that Matt Waite left in the comments to my previous post on anecdotal leads: Anecdotal leads for news stories reporting the end of the world.