Twitter roundup

	Brendan Nyhan Jan 28, 2011 at 8:16pm Twitter roundup (1/26-1/28)
	BrendanNyhan Jan 28, 2011 at 7:31pm Josh Huder on the relationship between incivility and productivity in Congress http://j.mp/eAhim1 Causal inference issues but interesting
	Can Incivility help Congress? | Rule22
	BrendanNyhan Jan 28, 2011 at 2:24pm CNN shifts from Egypt coverage to ... a new makeup line for tweens. @davidfolkenflik says better than Fox/MSNBC, but still. #cablepocalypse
	BrendanNyhan Jan 28, 2011 at 6:28pm Surprise! Partisanship didn't go away in wake of Tucson shootings http://t.co/jBnXlxH
	Talk of Bipartisan Progress Fades in Arizona - Political Memo - NYTimes.com As the days pass since the shooting spree, Arizona appears to be slipping back into its old ways.
	BrendanNyhan Jan 28, 2011 at 7:08pm My post on Politico's Arena blog about the Hawaii birther fee bill and the difficulty of correcting misperceptions http://j.mp/eQjAOe
	Brendan Nyhan's response to 'Why won't the birther issue die?' - The Arena | POLITICO.COM Brendan Nyhan's response to 'Why won't the birther issue die?'
	BrendanNyhan Jan 28, 2011 at 4:05pm Listen to @jbplainblog -- way too much media coverage of press secretary hire relative to other new high-level staff http://j.mp/haB0F6
	A plain blog about politics: Actual Press Bias
	BrendanNyhan Jan 28, 2011 at 3:13pm Noonan: Obama "will get a bump from the speech. Presidents always do" http://j.mp/hLusvp False! http://j.mp/heqSPv This is a tiresome myth
	An Unserious Speech Misses the Mark "... - Google News
	Post-State of Union Obama Approval Uptick Would Be Atypical Gallup historical data show that presidents rarely get meaningful increases in their approval ratings after the State of the Union address. Last year's speech did not immediately improve Preside...
	BrendanNyhan Jan 27, 2011 at 2:07pm Good @conor64 post on obligatory SOTU editorials http://j.mp/essgDF I'll go further - let's get rid of them all. Inevitably bland/boring.
	Against Obligatory Editorials - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan Homepage of the Atlantic Magazine Online Service
	BrendanNyhan Jan 26, 2011 at 7:40pm .@mysterypollster: Positive reaction in instant polls "matched the usual pattern...for every SOTU address since 1998" http://j.mp/g88l1X
	Instant Response Polls: Positive Response Is Typical, 'Bump' Is Not The results of the instant snap polls by CBS News, CNN/ORC and the Democratic pollsters at Democracy Corps all show overwhelmingly positive responses to President Barack Obama's State of the Uni...
	BrendanNyhan Jan 26, 2011 at 7:40pm .@mysterypollster: Positive reaction in instant polls "matched the usual pattern...for every SOTU address since 1998" http://j.mp/g88l1X
	Instant Response Polls: Positive Response Is Typical, 'Bump' Is Not The results of the instant snap polls by CBS News, CNN/ORC and the Democratic pollsters at Democracy Corps all show overwhelmingly positive responses to President Barack Obama's State of the Uni...

Comments

[David in Cal]

CNN shifts from Egypt coverage to ... a new makeup line for tweens. @davidfolkenflik says better than Fox/MSNBC

This is the all-too-common practice of throwing out an unspecified insult at Fox News (and, in this case, at MSNBC as well.) It's a example of liberals reminding each other that right-thinking people despise Fox News. They don't need any stinkin' evidence.

David Folkenflik should have told us his basis for asserting that CNN's coverage of Egypt has been better than FNC's. As it is, he appears to have a valid complaint about CNN, but his comment about the other two stations appears to be mere prejudice.

[bnyhan]

David, before you jump to conclusions, please look up the tweet I was referring to -- he said Fox and MSNBC didn't devote as much time at the top of the hour to Egypt coverage as CNN. It's an empirical claim and I have no doubt that it's true. I couldn't provide the full context in my own tweet, but it's easily available. PS Even if you don't know the context, doesn't the fact that he criticized MSNBC as well provide prima facie evidence that this isn't just Fox-bashing?

[David in Cal]

I stand corrected.

Brendan, I'm afraid I don't see an easy way to get to a particular tweet. Your link took me to David Folkenflik's list of tweets as of Jan 28. I checked the list, then went to earlier lists via the "more" button. I eventually found the tweet you referenced. Is there an easier way to get there?

[bnyhan]

Unfortunately not -- unless I link directly to someone else's tweet, you have to figure it out from context. The Twitter interface is very crude that way.