Category Archives: Journalism

NOT EXPLAINING WHAT WAS NOT EXPLAINED DURING THE GAME.

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Philip

NOT EXPLAINING WHAT WAS NOT EXPLAINED DURING THE GAME. Pass interference issues arise all the time in the National Football League. More than half the plays from scrimmage are pass plays. It is remarkable to me that after the initial … Continue reading →

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NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM.

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Philip

NATE SILVER: POLITICAL POLLS THAT ARE NOT RANDOM. I posted here about Nick’s statistics class in which one half of the class was supposed to flip a coin 30 times and document the results. The other half was to write … Continue reading →

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BASEBALL STATISTICS “SHOULD COME WITH A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PRECISION….”

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Philip

BASEBALL STATISTICS “SHOULD COME WITH A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION OF THEIR PRECISION….” Sheldon Hirsch in this essay on baseball statistics asks questions that journalists do not usually ask about statistics. Hirsch asks how we can tell “which statistics to emphasize and … Continue reading →

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MISSING A PITCH CALL BY A FOOT.

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Philip

MISSING A PITCH CALL BY A FOOT. This article by Jason Epstein identifies the worst ball and strike call by an umpire in the 2014 regular season. The pitch was a strike one to Elvis Andrus in August which was … Continue reading →

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CHANGING THE BURDEN OF PROOF—NOT “CONCLUSIVELY”.

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Philip

CHANGING THE BURDEN OF PROOF—NOT “CONCLUSIVELY”. When there is conflicting evidence, the burden of proof is important. We are familiar with a “preponderance of evidence” test in civil cases and a “beyond a reasonable doubt” test in criminal cases. I … Continue reading →

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A THEORY FOR WHY THE CON MAN TOLD WHOPPERS.

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Philip

A THEORY FOR WHY THE CON MAN TOLD WHOPPERS. Why would Clark Rockefeller have told such incredible stories —being a freelance central banker or working on a spacecraft that would go faster than the speed of light? One theory could … Continue reading →

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COULD THE JOURNALIST HAVE BELIEVED THE CON MAN?

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Philip

COULD THE JOURNALIST HAVE BELIEVED THE CON MAN? Nathaniel Rich is critical of Walter Kirn because he thinks that Kirn had to have realized that Clark Rockefeller was a con man “over the course of their decade-long friendship”. and long … Continue reading →

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ARE ALL JOURNALISTS CON MEN?

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Philip

ARE ALL JOURNALISTS CON MEN? Walter Kirn was a writer who had befriended Clark Rockefeller and spent considerable time with him over a ten year period before Rockefeller’s imposture was exposed. Nathaniel Rich thinks that Kirn had been suspicious of … Continue reading →

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DID A JOURNALIST CON THE CON MAN?

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Philip

DID A JOURNALIST CON THE CON MAN? I have posted several times, including here, about the impostor who posed as “Clark Rockefeller”, a member of the extended Rockefeller family. The series of posts began with a mystery. A friend of … Continue reading →

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SUGGESTIONS FOR BASEBALL BROADCASTS.

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Philip

SUGGESTIONS FOR BASEBALL BROADCASTS. First, an improvement I would like to see on televised broadcasts of baseball games is an establishing shot when each batter comes to the plate to show how the defense is set up. The new shifts … Continue reading →

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