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| Sep 10, 2008 8:45 pm |
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Have we become the "Sound Bite Nation"? |
Tom Adam
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I haven't posted anything here in far too long, but given the state of affairs I thought I'd toss this out for the group to comment on. As I watch the political campaigns underway, and I don't mean just our Presidential campaign, but for other offices as well, it seems that the comments candidates make that get the biggest reactions are those that, if studied for rhetorical content, are essentially meaningless.
Whether it's a (supposedly-)clever quip or an outright cheap shot, the sound bite has become king. Smart-aleck comments have replaced dialog, and issue-oriented statements take a back seat to yet another round of smarmy asides. When candidates' positions are criticized, rather than outline the logic and evidence they used to form that position, they turn around and issue an attack of their own and never address the disagreement that was raised.
When did things start to move in this direction? Why is this now so much the norm and not the exception? What, if anything, can be done about it? Private Reply to Tom Adam (new win) |
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