Tonight the first 2012 presidential debate is well under and
all I know is that commentators are eagerly awaiting the ending of it. Come
tomorrow morning- one would think they can just look to the morning news to
find out what they missed, right? There was a good point made this morning on
The Today Show. They had said that, commentators, analysts, academics, journalists,
etc. (Public Intellectuals) will
interpret and come to their own conclusions about tonight’s debate.
Essentially, both Obama’s & Romney’s rhetoric will get so twisted and
re-interpreted that entirely new ideas are likely to emerge. I believe it is fair to say that the news will
take it upon themselves to present to viewer’s what THEY (as the network) think
the nominees meant rather than what the nominees themselves said.
As a society, I think it is also important to consider the
very nature of these political debates. Both candidates limited their campaign
time today and yesterday, to merely practice their responses and throughout the
debate it was clear that when asked to answer a question- their response was
often not responding to that question but merely a pre-programmed response that
their campaign team had helped to create. Although this is a valuable and
necessary venue for both contenders to voice their concerns and present their
issues- we need to take their rhetoric with a grain of salt and do our own fact
checking. Learn about the issues and what the candidates really stand for and
to not by swayed by the flowery and eloquent language used.
This looks to be a great source to learn more about where
candidates stand and where your values match up: https://electnext.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment