5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Biden at 80: A ‘respecter of fate’ mulls second White House bid
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Nancy Pelosi’s decision to pull back from leadership will raise questions about whether Democrats like Biden should step aside to give others the opportunity to lead.
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The red wave didn’t just vanish
Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication says that Republicans tacked too hard to the right during the midterms, causing independents and a small percentage of conservatives to move in favor of Democrats.
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Musk’s latest move at Twitter can only sink ad revenue
A quoted report from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that AI systems aren’t reliable at moderating social media posts.
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Nervous about election results? You should be. Americans hardly know anything about civics
A study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that more than half of American adults couldn’t name the three branches of government.
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How to read your social media feeds on Election Day
Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. of the Annenberg School for Communication says that the internet’s ability to create and spread evidence from scratch necessitates better evaluation of information.
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Asteroids, climate change, killer robots: A handy guide to doomsday scenarios
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that America’s common media culture has been replaced by a culture where creating distrust of expert voices becomes profitable.
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All eyes on Pa. Senate race as Fetterman and Oz hit the debate stage tonight
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the undecided public is likely to have watched Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate debate to determine whether they’re comfortable with John Fetterman’s command of the issues.
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GOP loses pre-election bid to mess with Pennsylvania’s votes
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Factcheck.org is noted for confirming that Pennsylvania’s 2020 use of ballot curing was bipartisan, discounting Republican claims of election meddling.
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Is Alex Jones verdict the death of disinformation? Unlikely
Dean John Jackson of the Annenberg School for Communication says that the Alex Jones verdict sends an important message in support of facts over ideological disinformation.
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What are the rules when it comes to running campaign ads?
Robert Farley explains the misinformative dangers of the political ads he and his team are trying to combat at FactCheck.org, housed at the Annenberg Public Policy Center.