I assume that I don’t need to spend a lot of time reminding readers of the following: The 2016 election was a breakout year for fake news, and much of that news aimed to delegitimize and demonize Hilary Clinton. Wikileaks not only supplied significant raw material for these efforts, but was also a vector of packaged disinformation on […]
Author: Dan Nexon
Dan Nexon is a Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. You can read all about the gory details of his academic work at https://www.dhnexon.net
Despite showing some questionable judgment about whom to cite, Paul Musgrave has a nice piece in the Washington Post on Russian propaganda and the US election. The whole thing does a good job of syn
(The LGM powers-that-be asked me to adapt something that I wrote on Facebook about Scott.) I only knew Scott via social media and email, and not terribly well. Like everyone else here, I admired his w
Rob made a brief introduction in his official “welcome” post. Thanks, Rob! And thanks to the LGM community, which has already thrown down the gauntlet. Still, tradition—and a dose of caution—suggests that I should write some words to introduce myself. You can find my academic biography at my Georgetown University faculty page. There you will see that I’m […]