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how to make political convention speeches more entertaining moondog Send a noteboard - 31/08/2012 03:57:11 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!
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how to make political convention speeches more entertaining moondog - 31/08/2012 03:57:11 PM 627 Views
If they did that, I would actually watch. Darth_Katie - 31/08/2012 04:18:06 PM 863 Views
Ditto nossy - 31/08/2012 04:42:37 PM 516 Views
Ha, like Pop-Up Video! beetnemesis - 31/08/2012 05:04:41 PM 469 Views
That similarity occured to me, too. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2012 09:37:22 PM 237 Views
and how fact checks the fact checkers? *NM* random thoughts - 31/08/2012 05:19:45 PM 217 Views
Fox, presumably. Joel - 31/08/2012 06:05:56 PM 724 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 241 Views
Facts are facts, and not in the eye of the beholder. Joel - 01/09/2012 12:08:41 PM 465 Views
That might be true if fat checkers limited themsleves to facts and not opinion random thoughts - 01/09/2012 02:44:41 PM 548 Views
Stating opinions as fact invites checking them as facts. Joel - 01/09/2012 02:59:23 PM 682 Views
I will let Scott Wlaker explain it to you random thoughts - 01/09/2012 05:56:00 PM 656 Views
Even Walker admits "It’s closed — has been as long as Obama has been president." Joel - 01/09/2012 06:27:32 PM 643 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 473 Views
How could he save a plant already closed? Joel - 01/09/2012 08:31:55 PM 458 Views
It's obvious. Stephen - 01/09/2012 10:12:33 PM 524 Views
Of course; how could I have been so blind. Joel - 01/09/2012 10:41:03 PM 436 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 454 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 481 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 450 Views
That is a great idea that will never happen. Joel - 31/08/2012 06:08:30 PM 619 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 222 Views
presumably they would have plenty of other material to work with.... *NM* moondog - 01/09/2012 06:33:33 AM 248 Views
I loathe the conventions, but this will make it worse Roland00 - 01/09/2012 03:52:15 AM 508 Views
you're talking about what people who already follow these things do moondog - 01/09/2012 06:40:42 AM 447 Views
We fundamentally disagree Roland00 - 01/09/2012 01:54:26 PM 641 Views
The absence of either filter or rebuttal diminishes the informative value of conventions. Joel - 01/09/2012 03:21:03 PM 539 Views
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