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If they did that, I would actually watch. Darth_Katie Send a noteboard - 31/08/2012 04:18:06 PM
since these things are all so scripted to begin with, have the speakers submit their scripts to the major news outlets who will be broadcasting the conventions. these networks then run fact checkers on all the talking points in each speech and put up a small blurb with the actual truth each candidate is trying to twist to support their platform. we all already know each candidate is trying to twist and spin the facts to portray their opponents as something other than what they are, let's have their words thrown back at them in real time coverage too! :D


That's pretty much the reason I don't watch that kind of stuff, it's 95% propaganda and lies.
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how to make political convention speeches more entertaining moondog - 31/08/2012 03:57:11 PM 801 Views
If they did that, I would actually watch. Darth_Katie - 31/08/2012 04:18:06 PM 1070 Views
Ditto nossy - 31/08/2012 04:42:37 PM 701 Views
Ha, like Pop-Up Video! beetnemesis - 31/08/2012 05:04:41 PM 631 Views
That similarity occured to me, too. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2012 09:37:22 PM 331 Views
and how fact checks the fact checkers? *NM* random thoughts - 31/08/2012 05:19:45 PM 298 Views
Fox, presumably. Joel - 31/08/2012 06:05:56 PM 920 Views
the fact checkers tend be journalist and deserve all the trust that goes with that *NM* random thoughts - 01/09/2012 10:36:18 AM 334 Views
Facts are facts, and not in the eye of the beholder. Joel - 01/09/2012 12:08:41 PM 644 Views
That might be true if fat checkers limited themsleves to facts and not opinion random thoughts - 01/09/2012 02:44:41 PM 723 Views
Stating opinions as fact invites checking them as facts. Joel - 01/09/2012 02:59:23 PM 885 Views
I will let Scott Wlaker explain it to you random thoughts - 01/09/2012 05:56:00 PM 842 Views
Even Walker admits "It’s closed — has been as long as Obama has been president." Joel - 01/09/2012 06:27:32 PM 852 Views
well since Ryan never claimed Obama caused the plant to close it doesn't matter when it closed random thoughts - 01/09/2012 08:10:26 PM 662 Views
How could he save a plant already closed? Joel - 01/09/2012 08:31:55 PM 641 Views
It's obvious. Stephen - 01/09/2012 10:12:33 PM 686 Views
Of course; how could I have been so blind. Joel - 01/09/2012 10:41:03 PM 613 Views
what is obvious is despite him saying they would his policies didn't save the plant random thoughts - 02/09/2012 09:48:08 PM 629 Views
If he could save it he shouldn't have he could but he did say he could random thoughts - 02/09/2012 09:43:56 PM 666 Views
The video says his comments were 2 Feb, 2008, when the plant was open;when he took office it was not Joel - 02/09/2012 10:26:46 PM 638 Views
That is a great idea that will never happen. Joel - 31/08/2012 06:08:30 PM 798 Views
Then what would Daily Show and Colbert do every night if someone does their work for them? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2012 09:38:17 PM 333 Views
presumably they would have plenty of other material to work with.... *NM* moondog - 01/09/2012 06:33:33 AM 335 Views
I loathe the conventions, but this will make it worse Roland00 - 01/09/2012 03:52:15 AM 687 Views
you're talking about what people who already follow these things do moondog - 01/09/2012 06:40:42 AM 620 Views
We fundamentally disagree Roland00 - 01/09/2012 01:54:26 PM 850 Views
The absence of either filter or rebuttal diminishes the informative value of conventions. Joel - 01/09/2012 03:21:03 PM 748 Views
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