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Political Framing 
Fri May 09, 2008 at 09:47:14 AM EDT
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We all know that some of the best things come out of Michigan. It certainly is the case with Jeffrey Feldman, native of Michigan and one of the most highly-respected progressive bloggers on the Tubes of the Internets.
Feldman got his start on DailyKos and My DD back before many of us had even heard of blogs. In 2005 he left to go solo and opened shop over at Frameshop where he's risen as the master of his craft - framing the debate.
Last year he launched his first book, co-authored with the granddaddy of progressive political thought - Dr. George Lakoff, titled Framing the Debate: Famous Presidential Speeches and How Progressives Can Use Them to Change the Conversation (And Win Elections!) which was one of the year's most talked books.
He might have topped it all with the release of his second book out just this month and that's sure to knock the socks off everyone with Outright Barbarous: How the Violent Language of the Right Poisons American Democracy. Find out what all the buzz is about as you read the first chapter of the book available here, which includes this bit that I think we can all agree with - Becoming a progressive framer begins with changing a set of habits with respect to how we receive and process information. Framers make a choice to stop being passive consumers of political debate and to start producing the debate themselves-to seek out the situations where politics happens and drive the debate.
Progressive framers must be willing to step into the shoes of the traditional media. Gone are the days of reading one daily newspaper to get information; framers must read dozens of sources each day, tracking political ideas and issues as they take shape across the broad landscape of media- driven contemporary politics.
Blogs are the central haunting ground for progressive framers because they offer a nexus between political organizations, mass media, and the chatter of popular culture. There are many really interesting things about this Bloomfield native, and if you joined us last year at Yearly Kos in Chicago, you might remember Jeffrey who moderated the Presidential Candidate Panel with all (then) seven candidates. It's also where I first met him and discovered how truly great this guy is.
Tomorrow we're lucky enough to have Jeffrey join us at the Michigan Policy Summit in Lansing. We're even luckier that Jeffrey was gracious enough to have a chat with us beforehand, and not to worry, I ran the official "You know you're a Michigander if..." test. Answers below the fold!
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