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‘None Of Us Really Know What the Election Results Are. It’s Like a Religious Belief.’ POLITICO 12/19/2020 © AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster 201218_weiss_kerry_ap.jpg Steven Freeman felt, in his bones, that something was wrong with the election. It was November 2, 2004, and the exit polls had predicted an overwhelming victory for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. But as the night rolled on, the margins grew for President George W. Bush—especially in Ohio, where the race remained uncalled as the clock ticked into the wee morning hours. For most of the world, the uncertainty didn...

By S.T. Patrick Mark Crispin Miller, a New York University (NYU) professor, did something out of the ordinary in contemporary universities—he asked his students to research a relevant topic, and he expected them to formulate their own conclusions. For this, and because the topic at hand was the efficacy of coronavirus masking, Miller is under fire at NYU, as one of his students has demanded his firing. Miller teaches a class called “Mass Persuasion and Propaganda,” the purpose of which is to teach students to recognize the many ways in which persuasion and propaganda permeate today’s ...