Pinned
John Schwartz
110.3K posts
John Schwartz
@jswatz
UT Austin journalism prof | Former NYT/WP | Also @jswatz.bsky.social | Serious goofball | Galveston BOI | [email protected]
- My sustainability class just finished a module about disinformation. I had them write me a letter assuming they were flunking and arguing that they deserve an A, using the techniques of disinformation we discussed, like cherry picking, false experts and ad hominem. HOO-boy. 1/n
- Replying to @jswatzThis student did a good job of setting impossible expectations, but his ad hominem attack was a thing of beauty 5/n
- Replying to @GroverNorquistDid you mention that you drove her to the guitar store on roads that were partly funded by sales taxes?
- Replying to @jswatzOne student began her letter with this: Dear "Professor" Schwartz, Her fake expert was fabulous 3/n
- Replying to @jswatzConspiracy theory AND ad hominem, against me AND my former employer! 8/n
- Replying to @valariefarrowOh, I’m thrilled! I’ve been short all my life—and as a climate change reporter, these insults are mild by comparison, and have better spelling and punctuation.
- Replying to @jswatzThat student's ad hominem game was particularly strong 7/n
- At my granddaughters elementary school. This country breaks my heart.
- Replying to @jswatzI encouraged them to use ad hominem, for entertainment value. The students read their letters aloud. Wackiness ensued, with much applause. (I led the applause — it was funny!) They used every tool, but they really took to ad hominem attacks. 2/n
- The art of understatement: Jamie Gorelick, who served on the 9/11 commission, “said it was ‘exceedingly unusual’ for potential witnesses to be the ones deciding whether there should be a commission.”
