Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Groupthink Watch Dec 9, 2009

The tally-
Twitter- 39 mentions in the last 24 hours
climate editorial - 8 and possibly more
Geitner - 6 and possibly more
Heisman trophy 4 mentions

Google Alert- 8 news stories and 5 blog alerts

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The term "Groupthink" was active in the last 24 hour news cycle thanks to the Copenhagen climate meetings and the daily business of Treasury department head Timothy Geitner.

In the case of the climate conference, newspapers worldwide banded together to publish an urgent climate-change editorial. In the US, though, only the Miami Herald published the editorial, and then only with a key sentence discarded.  

Secretary Geithner draws ire from the world financial and political communities for his recent remarks regarding TARP estimates. Geithner and his team are accused of groupthink in coming to hte conclusion that TARP is costing taxpayers $200 billion less than expected

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