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Speechwriter Philip Collins argues that bad politics and good writing don't mix | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books

robdyke — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 05:24:00 -0500

The style tells you a lot about the substance. If it's part of the style to break people off into political categories, you can bet it's part of the substance, too. If it's part of the style to finesse a tough call rather than make it, then, sooner or later, that will do for the substance, too. Tagged by robdyke under rhetoric, depoliticizing politics,

Propaganda model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

robdyke — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:28:00 -0400

The propaganda model is a theory advanced by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky that alleges systemic biases in the mass media and seeks to explain them in terms of structural economic causes. Tagged by robdyke under propaganda, rhetoric, media,

A Few Good Men

robdyke — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:25:00 -0400

A Few Good Men written by Aaron Sorkin Jessep: You want answers? Kaffee (Tom Cruise): I think I'm entitled to them. Jessep: You want answers? Kaffee: I want the truth! Jessep: You can't handle the truth! Tagged by robdyke under movie quote, rhetoric, truth,

Barbara Cassin | The New World According to Google

robdyke — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 08:24:00 -0400

A philosopher questions the mission the American search engine has set for itself: to "organize all the information in the world." Tagged by robdyke under rhetoric, google,

Study of the Political: RhetoricTheKnowledge

robdyke — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:49:00 -0500

Study of the Political : RhetoricTheKnowledge Tagged by robdyke under mindmap, wiki, rhetoric, notes from lectures,