Comments on: Granny D signing off https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2808 2002-2015 Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:57:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: Karen https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2808#comment-7719 Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:57:32 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/10/granny_d_signing_off.html#comment-7719 hmm… my grandmother always read everything backwards, she’d start at the end and if it was interesting she’d read the whole thing.

]]> By: Tayssir John Gabbour https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2808#comment-7718 Sat, 23 Oct 2004 12:42:56 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/10/granny_d_signing_off.html#comment-7718 In any highschool journalism class, you hear about the inverted pyramid: start with the punchy summary, then put in increasingly boring things as the article drags on. (Boring = facts no one reads.) So you look at the bold header:

“Democrat Doris Haddock worked to paint U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg as beholden to special interests in a televised debate Thursday, but often confessed a lack of knowledge about key topics such as the U.S. Supreme Court.”

So this summary says two things. Granny D “worked to paint” — the obvious spin is “laboring in artifice.” Then this Democrat “confessed a lack of knowledge.” What a wonderful way to begin and set the tone for an article.

It fits in well with Jon Stewart’s recent point on… CNN. Politicians say tepid things since otherwise shows like “I’m Gonna Kick Your Ass” will jump all over them. (Incidentally, I hear some crafty people go to the ends of articles immediately for real news.)

]]> By: Karen https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2808#comment-7717 Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:42:05 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/10/granny_d_signing_off.html#comment-7717 oops,
mistake above, should have read:
Judd Gregg also clearly stated that we did not start war, we were attacked and spewed bs connecting 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq.

]]> By: Karen https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2808#comment-7716 Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:40:27 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/10/granny_d_signing_off.html#comment-7716 re:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/22/nh.senate.ap/

Granny D faltered on the Patriot Act? Isn’t Judd Gregg the one who was wrong about law enforcement having to go to a judge in order to invate one’s privacy?

Judd Gregg also clearly stated that we start war, we were attacked and spewed bullshit connecting 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq. Granny D cut him down at the knees.

It’s all online at http://www.thewmurchannel.com/politics/3841194/detail.html

]]> By: Tayssir John Gabbour https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2808#comment-7715 Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:27:58 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/10/granny_d_signing_off.html#comment-7715 I just looked at the anonymous CNN article. It would be a worthwhile project, to have such things as video debates, contrasted with the mainstream article written on them. So people could see what sorts of biases write these articles.

]]> By: Karen https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2808#comment-7714 Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:25:22 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/10/granny_d_signing_off.html#comment-7714 http://www.thewmurchannel.com/politics/3841194/detail.html

This has the video of the debate broken out into short clips, by topic.

]]> By: Thunt https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2808#comment-7713 Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:05:35 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/10/granny_d_signing_off.html#comment-7713 Good job on the Debate, Granny D and best of luck in the election!

]]> By: Dan https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2808#comment-7712 Fri, 22 Oct 2004 02:08:33 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2004/10/granny_d_signing_off.html#comment-7712 Congrats, Mrs. D. I hear you were great. Is there a torrent of the debate available? I’d love to see it.

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