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Was Pres. Donald Trump’s order to strike Iran constitutional? Bay Area experts weigh in on what happens next
“Most polling shows the majority of the nation did not want the United States to get involved at all, let alone further involved, in the Israel and Iran conflict. So, it is quite historical to see a president really disregard public opinion in such a way, when it comes to war,” said Nolan Higdon, a…
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Too little, too late: A media in crisis blames Democrats for the Biden cover-up
In an opinion article, Nolan Higdon, a lecturer in the Education Department at UC Santa Cruz, argues that the general public is disenfranchised with the media and that the damage is done not just to journalism, but to democracy.
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Polls open in historic Oakland special election, which will name city’s 4th mayor since December
“I think there are a lot of people in the Bay Area who would like to see Oakland get back to that level it previously had decades ago. And I imagine some of these folks vying for office are thinking they are the person to be able to do that,” said Nolan Higdon, a lecturer…
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Why the legacy media suddenly sound like Bernie Sanders
Nolan Higdon, a lecturer at Merrill College and the Education Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, argues in this op-ed that the results of the 2024 election forced a reckoning in legacy media, where they had to confront the fact that they were wrong and Bernie Sanders was right, when it came to…
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Seeing isn't believing: From Gaza to US politics, deepfake videos are peddling fake news
Nolan Higdon, a lecturer for Merrill College and the Education Department, wrote an opinion article for USA Today about how AI deepfakes on social media spread fake news and the need for increased critical media literacy among the public.