Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Bush's Rhetoric Reported, Finally

Speaking of Bush and speeches. The AP reports on Bush's Rhetoric, specifically his use of straw man. Bush often says "some say..." and then describes something in the extreme that really few if anyone say, and then disagrees with it.

"A specialist in presidential rhetoric, Wayne Fields of Washington University in St. Louis, views it as "a bizarre kind of double talk" that abuses the rules of legitimate discussion. " Now I don't really know what a "specialist in presidential rhetoric" is but there you go.

At least someone is reporting on his dishonest speech. Media Matters goes one step further to say that "many AP writers have simply reported Bush's misrepresentations of his opponents' arguments without challenging them." Seems the press has been either negligent or complicit. Then again, I guess that was rhetoric too. :)

No comments: