Shannon McGregor, PhD

@shannimcg.bsky.social

Professor at UNC. PI at CITAP. Researching & writing on political comm: identity, social media, public opinion, news - all "depressing & timely" BOOK: Media & January 6th (Oxford) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533

@davmicrot.bsky.socialReposted by @shannimcg.bsky.social

One of the largest right-wing-extremist conspiracy accounts on X is the prediction market PolyMarket, and it really makes you wonder how this may affect the accuracy & calibration of their prices.

@gilmored85.bsky.socialReposted by @shannimcg.bsky.social

Good read from @gelliottmorris.com this morning. All of Cook Political Report tends to be on the hackier side, but it has been kind of notable how much Charlie Cook himself has gone out on a limb to demonstrate that he's doing pro-GOP wishcasting in the face of data that doesnt conform to his priors

Strength In Numbers Charlie Cook says there's no "blue wave." I think he's wrong. Plus, Democrats are winning the ad war despite the GOP's cash edge. Your weekly political data roundup for October 11, 2026. G. ELLIOTT MORRIS OCT 111. "Blue wave" or "red undertow"? I was hesitant to write about this subject at first, but unfortunately it keeps coming up. I have read/heard this argument referenced several times online, on TV, and in person now, which clears the bar for issuing A Take.
@maxkennerly.bsky.socialReposted by @shannimcg.bsky.social

A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms.

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.socialReposted by @shannimcg.bsky.social

Years ago I wrote this essay, and the clamor for compromise and one-sided pandering marches on, and of course David Brooks is a standard-bearer in the parade. As Jamelle Bouie notes, what if they are Nazis?

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

lithub.comRebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis HalfwayWhen Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them …
@nbedera.bsky.socialReposted by @shannimcg.bsky.social

Here's a thread I wrote years ago (and updated a bit when I moved it from Twitter to BlueSky) about the types of academic accommodations that do and do not work for survivors of sexual violence.

@shannimcg.bsky.social

I can’t believe folks are still on that platform. I couldn’t’ve dreamt it’d still be impacting politics & poltical reporting in much the same way I documented 10 years ago …

@dannagal.bsky.socialReposted by @shannimcg.bsky.social

Ironically, the White House Media ban should remind journalists to center American democracy - rather than the President. Sure "access journalism" has its place, but when power is being consolidated in the Executive Branch as it is now, access journalism can reinforce autocratization.

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