As I studied for my Media History Final this week I glanced at the name Nellie Bly. I immediately remembered an episode of The West Wing where Nellie Bly was mentioned.
It made me think of all of the things that I had learned from The West Wing and I joked with a friend that we should start a blog called Things I Learned From The West Wing. So here it is; fittingly the first full post will be about the great Nellie Bly.
I'm hoping that my friends will post things that they have learned from The West Wing here too. With 7 Seasons and 154 episodes there's plenty to write about.
Don't know Latin or the significance of the title of this post? Take a guess and then highlight the section below for the answer.
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc translates After it therefore, because of it; meaning one thing follows the other, therefore it was caused by the other. This is a logical fallacy that President Bartlett uses to explain to White House Press Secretary CJ Cregg that he didn't loose an election in Texas because he made a joke about their funny hats.
The President: "Do you want to know when we lost Texas?"
CJ: "When you learned to speak Latin?"
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