Brendan Nyhan appears in the following:
Joe Biden and "The Green Lantern Theory of The Presidency"
Friday, March 19, 2021
PURPLE EPISODE 2: “Low Information, High Misinformation Voters"
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Bots and The Battle for American Democracy
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
The Fake News Crisis That Wasn't
Friday, January 12, 2018
Walking Back the Backfire Effect
Friday, July 21, 2017
The Mechanism of Blind Belief
Friday, July 08, 2016
The Media's Third Party Delusion
Friday, May 06, 2016
The Mechanism of Blind Belief
Friday, December 04, 2015
Compromise in a Polarized Political World
Friday, October 04, 2013
Political scientist Brendan Nyhan says the roots of the shutdown aren’t so much in a failure of leadership from John Boehner or Harry Reid or President Obama. Rather, he tells Bob, all three men are at the mercy of an increasingly polarized political landscape that makes compromise extremely difficult.
Why The Tornado News Didn't Derail Scandal Coverage This Week
Friday, May 24, 2013
The Oklahoma tornado pressed pause on coverage of the scandal blitz, but only briefly. Blogger Andrew Tyndall of the Tyndall Report found that the tornado filled 91% of the three network evening news hole on Monday, and all of it on Tuesday. But by Wednesday, Tornado coverage dropped to just a third, and scandal crept back in. Brooke talks to political scientist Brendan Nyhan about what it takes for a natural disaster to overwhelm scandal coverage.
The Three-Headed Scandal Monster
Friday, May 24, 2013
Brooke takes a look at the three scandals that have dominated the news cycle for the past couple weeks: the IRS targeting conservative political groups, the DOJ looking through the phone records and email of reporters, and the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi.
Anton Karas - The Third Man Theme
The Fight Over Bain Capital
Friday, July 13, 2012
This week saw both news organizations and the Romney presidential campaign arguing over the veracity of claims made by the Obama administration about Romney's tenure at Bain Capital, the financial services company Romney co-founded. Political scientist and media critic Brendan Nyhan says that part of the problem is that the media has fallen down on the job in properly reporting this story.
Forecasting Political Scandals
Friday, April 13, 2012
Brendan Nyhan is a Dartmouth political scientist who studies why scandals break when they do. According to Nyhan, before this month's GSA fiasco, President Obama had the longest streak of scandal-free coverage of any President in recent history. Nyhan tells Bob that according to his theory, we can expect the coming months to be full of scandal coverage.
New Hampshire Primary Preview
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
As Republican primary voters in the Granite State head to the polls today, Brendan Nyhan, Assistant Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, describes the last few days of campaigning, this weekend’s debates, and what we can expect tonight.