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Six lessons from turning a regulatory change into a national media story
Big business news usually hides in boring documents like regulations, registers and technical audits. For communicators, the challenge is not to strip out complexity until a story becomes misleading. It is to find the consequence that makes the complexity worth understanding. I faced that challenge this summer while leading UKSOL’s media campaign as Britain prepared to allow compliant plug-in solar panels to be bought and used.
Reg Austin:The epitome of a patriotic Zimbabwean intellectual is no more
Reginald Henry Fulbrooke Austin (within minutes, ‘Reg’ for all, thus herewith) died barely into his 91st year just over a week ago. He was a ‘revolutionary legal genius and transformation strategist’, as put by his long-time friend and comrade Jeremy Brickhill. The score or more people we interviewed or read their praises for this commemorative essay would agree.
Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe’s Historiography: Notes on les deluges
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1 See my ‘“When I Am a Century Old”: Why Robert Mugabe Won’t Go’, in R. Southall and H. Melber, eds, Legacies of Power: Leadership Change and Former Presidents in Africa (Cape Town: HSRC Press, 2005), 120–150.
Kevin McCarthy & David Gibson-Moore on Sovereign Debt at AIM Summit Dubai
It was a privilege to chair the invitation-only roundtable with Kevin McCarthy, the 55th Speaker of the US House of Representatives, at the recent AIM Summit in Dubai. Our discussion on "The State of Global Sovereign Deficit and its Impact on the Global Economy" was illuminating, and Speaker McCarthy eloquently addressed this critical subject alongside many other defining issues in today's complex landscape.
Ralph Wood on Flannery O'Connor and the Church
Ralph Wood brilliantly taught many students at Wake Forest University and then at Baylor. I had several visits with Ralph over the years. On one occasion we were walking into a restaurant in Waco when a car full of undergraduate women yelled out to greet Professor Wood. I experienced the same affection towards Ralph while walking around campus with him. I have had the good fortune of interviewing over 200 scholars, leaders, and writers. These include Pulitzer Prize winners and other notables.
Hoping for Black Credibility
Hoping for Black Credibility Black Americans Share a Unique Relationship to the World By Reverend David Moore Tue Aug 27, 2024 | 5:40pm Add to Favorites Hope and Joy for Harris Poster by Terry Mosher, The Montreal Gazette I have been captivated by the overwhelming sense of relief and joy I see people expressing following the emergence of Kamala Harris’s candidacy.
Share Purchase Agreement Notice of Claim Clauses: The Common Contractual Pitfall you Didn’t See Coming
David Moore and India Link-Jones from our Commercial Disputes team look at the recent case of Drax Smart Generation Holdco Ltd v. Scottish Power Retail Holdings Ltd and the impact this may have on Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) Notice of Claim Clauses. In commercial corporate transactions, warranties serve as a critical risk management tool. A warranty, simply, is a promise that certain facts relevant to a transaction are true.
10 Tips on How to Edit a Document
“Of course, I know how to edit,” you might be thinking.
Pragmatic at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
Pragmatic is pioneering a fundamental shift in semiconductor technology, delivering lower-cost, lower-carbon intelligence to power the Internet of Everything. Its FlexIC – flexible integrated circuit – technology delivers connect, sense and compute capabilities at a fraction of the cost and carbon footprint of silicon chips. The FlexIC Foundry® enables rapid, high-volume fabrication with a high level of customisation, taking designs from tape-out to delivery in just weeks.
Vapor Phase Deposition of Perovskite Photovoltaics: Short Track to Commercialization?
Vapor Phase Deposition of Perovskite Photovoltaics: Short Track to Commercialization? While perovskite-based photovoltaics (PV) is progressing toward commercialization, it remains an open question which fabrication technology – solution-based, vapor-based, or combinations – will pave the way to faster economic breakthrough.
Musengezi trial continues
THE trial of Zanu PF member, Sybeth Musengezi, on a charge of forging his home address to obtain membership in the ruling party continued yesterday with the second witness testifying. Musengezi’s court troubles started when he challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ascendancy to power in a military coup in 2017. The State yesterday summoned Oliver Muchemwa, the party’s commissar in Harare, to testify against Musengezi.
Zim elections: A textbook case of how Zanu PF has clung to power for 43 years
FEW were surprised as, near midnight on August 26, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-election in yet another of Zimbabwe’s tendentious contests. His inauguration on September 4 sanctified his return to power.
Zimbabwe: Elections 2023 - a Textbook Case of How the Ruling Party Has Clung to Power for 43 Years
Few were surprised as, near midnight on 26 August, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced incumbent president Emmerson Mnangagwa's reelection in yet another of Zimbabwe's tendentious contests. His inauguration on 4 September sanctified his return to power.
Zimbabwe elections 2023: a textbook case of how the ruling party has clung to power for 43 years
Few were surprised as, near midnight on 26 August, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced incumbent president Emmerson Mnangagwa's reelection in yet another of Zimbabwe's tendentious contests. His inauguration on 4 September sanctified his return to power.
Auditory Deprivation during Development Alters Efferent Neural Feedback and Perception
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Auditory deprivation during development alters efferent neural feedback and perception
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Searches for Massive Neutrinos with Mechanical Quantum Sensors
Abstract The development of quantum optomechanics now allows mechanical sensors with femtogram masses to be controlled and measured in the quantum regime. If the mechanical element contains isotopes that undergo nuclear decay, measuring the recoil of the sensor following the decay allows reconstruction of the total momentum of all emitted particles, including any neutral particles that may escape detection in traditional detectors.
Payment terms on invoices could leave a sting in the tail…
A recent case confirmed that a claimant must bring a claim for payment of invoices within 6 years of the work being done, unless clear words say otherwise – and, crucially, payment terms do not mean the clock starts ticking when payment becomes due under the invoice. David Moore, from our commercial disputes team, considers this decision and what it means for service providers and those obtaining payment of invoices.
Dallas Cowboys trade Amari Cooper to Cleveland Browns, open up $16 million in 2022 cap space
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Last week (FAIR.org, 2/2/22), I suggested that a new ABC News/Ipsos poll (1/30/22) was a poster child for what is wrong with many media-sponsored polls these days. Instead of a serious effort to measure what the public is thinking about any specific issue, the poll glided superficially across a whole range of subjects, never stopping long enough to provide understanding of any one of them—creating an illusion of public opinion that is either misleading, biased or simply inaccurate.
Polling on Issues People Know Little About Creates Illusion of Public Opinion
ABC (1/30/22): A “new ABC/Ipsos poll shows high disapproval of Biden’s handling of a range of issues.” Last week (FAIR.org, 2/2/22), I suggested that a new ABC News/Ipsos poll (1/30/22) was a poster child for what is wrong with many media-sponsored polls these days.
Transcendentalists Against Slavery
Peter Wirzbicki is Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University. The following interview revolves around his book, Fighting for the Higher Law: Black and White Transcendentalists Against Slavery. Fighting for the Higher Law: Black and White Transcendentalists Against Slavery (America in the Nineteenth Century): Wirzbicki, Peter: 9780812252910 Moore: What were the factors that motivated you to write this book?
ABC News/Ipsos Poll: More About a Soundbite Than Public Opinion
ABC‘s headline (1/30/22) is based on one polling question that gave a reason to oppose Biden’s promise and no reason to support it. A new ABC News/Ipsos poll (1/30/22) is a poster child for what is wrong with many media-sponsored polls these days.
Groundhog Day: Cowboys keep waking to an ‘extraordinarily’ disappointing reality
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McCarthy's promise pays off for Cowboys in win
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‘We’re going to win this game’: Returning Mike McCarthy came back firing ahead of Cowboys-WFT
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We the Fallen People: An Interview with Robert McKenzie
Robert Tracy McKenzie is Arthur F. Holmes Chair of Faith and Learning and professor of history at Wheaton College. The following interview revolves around McKenzie’s latest book, We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy. We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy: McKenzie, Robert Tracy: 9780830852963 I spend quite a bit of time reading and much of it is in history.
Does Biden’s lower approval rating mean Democrats should ‘move to the center’?
Recent polls show that President Joe Biden’s approval rating has declined significantly since he took office. A decline is not unexpected, of course, given the historical phenomenon known as a honeymoon period. But many in the media have interpreted this decline as a negative assessment specifically of Biden’s too-progressive agenda (FAIR.org, 11/5/21).
Does Biden’s Lower Approval Rating Mean Democrats Should 'Move to the Center'?
New York Times (11/4/21): “Significant parts of the electorate are feeling leery of a sharp leftward push in the party.” Recent polls show that President Joe Biden’s approval rating has declined significantly since he took office. A decline is not unexpected, of course, given the historical phenomenon known as a honeymoon period. But many in the media have interpreted this decline as a negative assessment specifically of Biden’s too-progressive agenda (FAIR.org, 11/5/21).
Journalists Misread Delayed Poll as Sticker Shock on Biden Bill
Gallup (10/14/21) noted that “the reversal in opinions on government activity…may simply reflect a return to normal attitudes.” Last week, a Gallup poll reported that Americans had reverted to a long-time pattern of preferring fewer, rather than more, government efforts to deal with the nation’s problems.
The Siege of Yorktown, October 19, 1781
Submitted by David Moore This coming October 19th marks the 240th anniversary of the victory at Yorktown, Virginia, October 19, 1781. This victory by American and French allies over the British army and navy effectively ended the American Revolutionary War. General George Washington wrote “Articles of Capitulation” in which he set out terms for the British surrender by Lord Charles Cornwallis. Article III states the procedure of how the British were to be disarmed: Article III.
Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden's Spending Plan
Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen (9/30/21) says that Sen. Joe Manchin “correctly reads public opinion.” That’s more than you can say for Henry Olsen. Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen (9/30/21) lauded Sen.
Taliban Governance of NGOs - What to Expect and How to Respond
On Sept. 7, the now-ruling Taliban announced the formation of an interim government and the reinstatement of the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,’ harkening back to the group’s control of the country from 1996 to 2001. Many of the 33 named officials in the new cabinet also participated in the Taliban government during their earlier five-year rule, a period marked by drastic curtailments of civic freedoms, particularly for women and girls.
How NYT Columnist Ross Douthat used ambiguous poll results to create a “public opinion” that conforms to his world view.
(Credit: http://nyphotographic.com/) In July 2020, the Cato Institute, described as a Libertarian think tank, released the results of its own poll focusing on the issue of self-censorship.
Hurst Publishers
Coups, Conspiracies, and the Conceits of Power in Zimbabwe Part of the African Arguments series An authoritative account of Mugabe’s destructive hold on power, assessing the challenges facing Zimbabwe as it seeks to emerge from the chaos. Description Zimbabwe’s party-internal ‘coup’ of 2017, and deposed president Robert Mugabe’s death nearly two years later, demand careful, historically nuanced explanation. How did Mugabe gain and retain power over party and state for four decades?
Report: 2020 national, statewide polls worst in decades. Congressional district polls no better.
U.S. Congress (Credit: Wikipedia) “The 2020 polls featured polling error of an unusual magnitude,” according to a just released report by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR).
NFL Player Carl Nassib Comes Out
NFL Player Carl Nassib comes out and gives $100k The Trevor. (Photo Credit: Twitter) “Sadly, I have agonized over this moment for the last 15 years,” NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders’ player, Carl Nassib, posted on his Instagram. “Only until recently, thanks to my friends and family … did it seem possible for me to say publicly and proudly that I am gay.” The June 22 announcement has made Nassib the first ever active NFL player to come out as LGBTQ.
A new film about Zimbabwe’s 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
Emmerson Mnangagwa steps onto the lawn to pose for photographs after attending a press conference on August 3, 2018 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) officials last night announced the re-election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) President (2021) is an intimate tale on Zimbabwe's 2018 elections.
A new film about Zimbabwe's 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
Danish director Camilla Nielsson’s documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance and its leader, Nelson Chamisa. Winner of the prestigious Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Verité Filmmaking, the film deploys an “in the moment” technique as it follows the lead-up to the 2018 general elections.
AP’s Post-Election Analysis Shows Its Early Call for Arizona on Election Night Was a Mistake
Arizona state flag (Credit: Flickr/Gage Skidmore) Early this month, the Associated Press (AP) and the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago issued a report “Assessing APVoteCast2020.” Perhaps the most striking finding, not explicitly acknowledged but clearly documented, is that VoteCast’s early projection on Election Night of a Biden victory in Arizona should not have been made at that time.
Don’t Blame for the Public for the Failure to Pass New Gun Laws
Earlier this month, Gallup’s Frank Newport reviewed public opinion on proposed changes in gun laws. His review of the polls is solid and objective, as one would expect from the deservedly esteemed former editor-in-chief of the Gallup Poll. But his explanation of why public support for increased gun regulation has not led to corresponding laws seems wildly off the mark.
Interview with Dennis Rasmussen
Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders David George Moore I like to read history and Dennis Rasmussen’s book, Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders, is one of the best books I have read in some time. If you like books by Joseph Ellis and David McCullough you will enjoy Fears of a Setting Sun. I am grateful to John Fea (currentpub.com) for bringing Rasmussen’s terrific book to my attention.
Does The Public REALLY Have An Opinion About Afghanistan?
by David W. Moore March 26, 2021 03:10 PM EST In a recent New York Times op-ed, Mark Hannah, a senior fellow at the Eurasia Group Foundation, presents a case for the United States to withdraw from Afghanistan. I offer no commentary on the general merits of his argument, except when he cites public opinion polls to bolster his case. The notion that the general public has a meaningful opinion on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan is simply not plausible.
What Pew’s Defense of Polling Accuracy Tells Us
Pew Research Center logo In a recent Pew report, “What 2020’s Election Poll Errors Tell Us About the Accuracy of Issue Polling,” the authors argue that even large election poll errors don’t signal serious accuracy problems with polls about public policy issues. As one would expect from the experts at Pew, the report is a master class of objective analysis and reasonable caution about the limits of polls. Still, the conclusions are a bit of a red herring.
22 Governors Revolt Against Blue State Bailout Bill
Unleash Prosperity Hotline Issue #234 03/03/2021 1) 22 Governors Revolt Against Blue State Bailout Bill Twenty-one Republican governors and one Democrat are protesting the “biased” formula for allocating stimulus dollars to the states. The governors, led by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, complain that the bill “punishes” states that did the right thing by keeping their economies and businesses open during the pandemic. They are absolutely correct.
Is Public Opinion Leaning toward Convicting Trump in Impeachment Trial?
by David W. Moore February 12, 2021 08:00 AM EST A batch of new polls suggest that more Americans want the U.S. Senate to convict than acquit former President Donald Trump of impeachment charges. In fact, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin writes, “Senate Republicans take note: The public is moving in favor of conviction.” Rubin cites the ABC News/Ipsos poll, which shows support for conviction by 56% to 43%.
Joe Manchin Backed Filibuster Reform a Decade Ago. What Changed?
Sludge produces investigative journalism on lobbying and money in politics. The American Prospect is re-publishing this article. On the heels of Democratic victories in both Senate runoffs in Georgia, securing a 50-50 party split in the Senate, the realization followed: conservative Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin was now one of the most powerful people in Washington. Manchin often votes with Republicans and will be able to single-handedly block Democratic bills from passing the Senate.
Why We Should Be Skeptical of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Poll
by David W. Moore February 03, 2021 04:52 PM EST A recent news release by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA) announces that “Democrats, Republicans Support Alliances, Disagree on International Organizations.” The report is part of the larger CCGA annual poll, the last one conducted in July 2020.
Joe Manchin Backed Filibuster Reform A Decade Ago. What Changed?
On the heels of Democratic victories in both Senate runoffs in Georgia, securing a 50-50 party split in the Senate, the realization followed: conservative Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin was now one of the most powerful people in Washington. Manchin often votes with Republicans and will be able to single-handedly block Democratic bills from passing the Senate.
13th Annual Top Ten Dubious Polling Awards
(Credit: Alpha Stock Images - http://alphastockimages.com//Nick Youngson - link to - http://www.nyphotographic.com) Editor’s note: Every January, iMediaEthics’ polling director David W. Moore assembles the top ten “Dubious Polling” Awards for iMediaEthics. The tongue-in-cheek awards “honor” the previous year’s most questionable actions in media polling news. The 2021 awards are the 13th in this series.
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