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you're talking about what people who already follow these things do moondog Send a noteboard - 01/09/2012 06:40:42 AM
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


One of the few things that is good about the conventions is that it is for 3 or 4 days the media can't filter the whole damn thing. It is good that for occasionally we get things live and unfiltered. Wait an hour later or the next day in the newspaper for the media to call flat out lies bs.

Now I personally loathe the conventions for other reasons. Conventions are not about how the political parties are really going to govern, this is just in a window into their souls and shows how they would act without reality kicking in. It is pure Id. Sure it is pure BS but it shows the best and worse of the parties.


what i'm saying is that more people would probably be interested to see whether or not a candidate's talking points are actually valid. and it would have the added benefit of keeping the speakers from distorting too far since they know their words will be scrutinized in real time. the people who tune out because of the lying would have a greater incentive to pay attention, the people who already pay attention are already checking the papers and other sources the next day.
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how to make political convention speeches more entertaining moondog - 31/08/2012 03:57:11 PM 702 Views
If they did that, I would actually watch. Darth_Katie - 31/08/2012 04:18:06 PM 958 Views
Ditto nossy - 31/08/2012 04:42:37 PM 585 Views
Ha, like Pop-Up Video! beetnemesis - 31/08/2012 05:04:41 PM 538 Views
That similarity occured to me, too. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2012 09:37:22 PM 272 Views
and how fact checks the fact checkers? *NM* random thoughts - 31/08/2012 05:19:45 PM 249 Views
Fox, presumably. Joel - 31/08/2012 06:05:56 PM 806 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 271 Views
Facts are facts, and not in the eye of the beholder. Joel - 01/09/2012 12:08:41 PM 543 Views
That might be true if fat checkers limited themsleves to facts and not opinion random thoughts - 01/09/2012 02:44:41 PM 615 Views
Stating opinions as fact invites checking them as facts. Joel - 01/09/2012 02:59:23 PM 770 Views
I will let Scott Wlaker explain it to you random thoughts - 01/09/2012 05:56:00 PM 731 Views
Even Walker admits "It’s closed — has been as long as Obama has been president." Joel - 01/09/2012 06:27:32 PM 730 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 544 Views
How could he save a plant already closed? Joel - 01/09/2012 08:31:55 PM 533 Views
It's obvious. Stephen - 01/09/2012 10:12:33 PM 591 Views
Of course; how could I have been so blind. Joel - 01/09/2012 10:41:03 PM 511 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 525 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 555 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 531 Views
That is a great idea that will never happen. Joel - 31/08/2012 06:08:30 PM 695 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 273 Views
presumably they would have plenty of other material to work with.... *NM* moondog - 01/09/2012 06:33:33 AM 283 Views
I loathe the conventions, but this will make it worse Roland00 - 01/09/2012 03:52:15 AM 582 Views
you're talking about what people who already follow these things do moondog - 01/09/2012 06:40:42 AM 521 Views
We fundamentally disagree Roland00 - 01/09/2012 01:54:26 PM 723 Views
The absence of either filter or rebuttal diminishes the informative value of conventions. Joel - 01/09/2012 03:21:03 PM 628 Views
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