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Election time goes ever closer. Rational Bloggers (though arguably one could qualify them of bloggers with a liberal/democrat/environmentalist bias) try to cut through the media machinery that seems geared towards belittling Kerry’s character and try to show Bush’s in a truer light.

Daniel Wilson points us to a letter to the NYT editor which equates Bush to a PowerPoint person. Tufte argues, in a Wired editorial, that the standard PowerPoint presentation elevates format over content, betraying an attitude of commercialism that turns everything into a sales pitch, that its pushy style seeks to set up a speaker’s dominance over the audience… Seems almost like More >

In a society dominated by talking points, it’s about time the Democrats take greater control over the language that they (and their opponents) use to debate issues. According to George Lakoff, conservatives have framed the debate and the Democrats by a smart use of language and investments in getting their message across and widely propagated thus advancing their agenda much more efficiently than Democrats do (or at least used to). Very interesting article. Be sure to read the follow-up article posted recently in UC Berkeley NewsCenter. Take also a look at the Rockridge Institute website for more information.

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