Posted by Jay Livingston
No sociological content. Just a couple of pictures I took in Central Park two weeks ago.
Conservatory Water
Kerbs Boat House and Reflections of Fifth Avenue
Autumn In New York
October 29, 2008
Posted by Jay Livingston
No sociological content. Just a couple of pictures I took in Central Park two weeks ago.
Posted by Jay Livingston
No sociological content. Just a couple of pictures I took in Central Park two weeks ago.
Hold That Headline and Get Me Rewrite
October 25, 2008
Posted by Jay Livingston
Here’s a headline and first two paragraphs from a Reuter’s story today.
Here, thanks to Pollster, are several polls all taken in the same two or three days this week. You could pick any two and claim an ominious slip or optimistic gain for either candidate.
The trouble is, your story won’t get noticed as much if it has a headline like this.
Posted by Jay Livingston
Here’s a headline and first two paragraphs from a Reuter’s story today.
Obama lead on McCain
slips to 9 points
Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:05am EDTslips to 9 points
By Andrew Quinn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican rival John McCain fell slightly to 9 points, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released Saturday, the second consecutive day the race has narrowed.
Obama leads McCain by 51 percent to 42 percent in the rolling three-day tracking poll, which has a margin of error of 2.9 points. Obama led by 10 points Friday and 12 points on Thursday.
Does the press really know so little about statistics? Or is it just that they work on the assumption that change is more newsworthy than stability.Here, thanks to Pollster, are several polls all taken in the same two or three days this week. You could pick any two and claim an ominious slip or optimistic gain for either candidate.
The trouble is, your story won’t get noticed as much if it has a headline like this.Latest Polls Show Usual
Variation Due to Sampling Error
Variation Due to Sampling Error
To Spite Its Face
October 24, 2008
Posted by Jay Livingston
The Virginia GOP sent out a mailer with the application for an absentee ballot. As you’d expect, the messages were all about the threat of terror, the only issue that might help McCain. To make it especially persuasive, they finished with this scary photo.
I guess we’d better look evil in the eye because apparently we’ve already cut off its nose. As the saying goes, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your terrorists, but you can’t pick your terrorist’s nose, at least not if you've Photoshopped it away.
TalkingPointsMemo has all five pages of the mailer. Hat tip also to Photoshop Disasters.
Posted by Jay Livingston
The Virginia GOP sent out a mailer with the application for an absentee ballot. As you’d expect, the messages were all about the threat of terror, the only issue that might help McCain. To make it especially persuasive, they finished with this scary photo.
I guess we’d better look evil in the eye because apparently we’ve already cut off its nose. As the saying goes, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your terrorists, but you can’t pick your terrorist’s nose, at least not if you've Photoshopped it away.
TalkingPointsMemo has all five pages of the mailer. Hat tip also to Photoshop Disasters.
McCain - GI Specialist?
October 23, 2008
Posted by Jay Livingston
Frankly, I’m puzzled. Here’s a guy at a McCain rally in North Carolina holding up a homemade sign that says, “McCain – The Best Cure for Your Colon.”
I must be hopelessly out of touch, but I’m clueless.
Any ideas?
I found the picture at the website of the Fayetteville Observer a few days ago. The same issue reported that at an Obama rally, several cars had their tires slashed, presumably by people Sarah Palin would refer to as “real Americans.”
Posted by Jay Livingston
Frankly, I’m puzzled. Here’s a guy at a McCain rally in North Carolina holding up a homemade sign that says, “McCain – The Best Cure for Your Colon.”
I must be hopelessly out of touch, but I’m clueless.
Any ideas?
I found the picture at the website of the Fayetteville Observer a few days ago. The same issue reported that at an Obama rally, several cars had their tires slashed, presumably by people Sarah Palin would refer to as “real Americans.”
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