Robert M. Entman

Shapiro Professor of Media & Public Affairs, GWU. Scholar, speaker on politics & communication.

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via @NYTOpinion excellent column about need to ditch filibuster says much of what I’ve long said but doesn’t emphasize Dems’ need for proper framing and skillful political communication. Good framing matters more than good facts and results. Sad but true. https://t.co/pXEJTgHvtE

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"Hate" speech on Fox News: see The Guardian https://t.co/QSqjNPfiIU

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"Hate" Speech on Fox News: article on The Conversation https://t.co/3hCUK8Dj9p shows Fox constantly tells its audiences they form a community defined by being the objects of “hate" from the left and Dems. Fox damages social trust, threatens democracy.

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A natural experiment reveals there is no conflict between public health and economic prosperity. Au contraire. via @NYTimes https://t.co/eCDKqvTcPX

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Nuanced comparison of Germany dealing with Nazi history and USA: How to Confront a Racist National History https://t.co/k3F6c8BMCJ via @NewYorker

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via @NYTOpinion. If the Dems convey the shocking info in this article repeatedly in simple dramatic words & images, they could win governing majority. Biden ads saying he��s a nicer guy than Trump not enough. https://t.co/ApSP9oINIA

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See Curd Knüpfer's incisive analysis of far-right's construction of a chimerical antifa peril:
Right-wing websites are demonizing ‘antifa.’ Here’s how they portray the threat. https://t.co/IxLPx2kUJM

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justice is more than 150 years overdue. time to act--with compassion , empathy and love--is now. #poorpeoplescampaign https://t.co/Gr5jpxyOR6

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via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/zA2NjVIgbS

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See Tom Patterson's new book, which asks "Is the Republican Party Destroying Itself?" and then shows how it is doing just that. https://t.co/T5dbKKzUOc In the process GOP threatens US democracy.

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Can’t make this stuff up: Former Labradoodle breeder was tapped to lead U.S. pandemic task force | Reuters https://t.co/vEc8ks2o61

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Why haven't Democrats demanded equal time so they can correct Trump's propaganda briefings? Please Democrats, do your job as the opposition party! For explanation see: https://t.co/ked3J09GmM

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Why isn't this THE big issue with Kavanaugh? "I wrote some of the stolen memos that Brett Kavanaugh lied to the Senate about. He should be impeached, not elevated." https://t.co/q7IYTKXsPe via @slate

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If we were supposed to "lock her [Hillary] up" for endangering national security with email servers, what must we do with Trump who uses insecure cell phones since Jan '17? https://t.co/ypm57wu5B3 via @politico

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Meet the new tax cut. Same as the old tax cut. via @NYTimes https://t.co/WxoK9501s5

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Cambridge Analytica and SCL – how my colleague Emma Briant peered inside the propaganda machine https://t.co/nGtfYDpbgC via @ConversationUK

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America’s Three Bad Options in Syria via @NYTimes https://t.co/RJZ8aFqo80

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How public-carry Second Amendment jurisprudence originated in the South (e.g. to protect slaveholders vs slave revolts): https://t.co/BGyWjU7Wuw

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Obama was right to say Trayvon Martin could've been his own son: Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys https://t.co/0XBagEqERr via @UpshotNYT

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Corporate America Is Suppressing Wages for Many Workers via unchecked monopsony power@NYTimes https://t.co/mQD3JAXq43