Last week, CNN and Facebook came together to showcase the first debate of the Democratic Primary season. It was the first (and quite possibly last) chance for mainstream viewers to meet the lesser-known candidates: Governor Martin O’Malley, Former Senator Jim Webb (who has since dropped out of the race), and Governor Lincoln Chafee. It was […]
Another Gun Tragedy. Don’t Expect Much Policy Action to Result
A mass shooting at a college has brought media and political attention to the question of gun control. Does this sound familiar? It should. Back in June, CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller estimated that President Obama’s statement on the murder of nine people at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC made it at […]