On 2016-06-27 10:59 AM, Janet B wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:39:32 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>> How about the issues? Do you think people should have a clue about
>> them? I've heard of votes going one way or the other for things like
>> hair-do, like the way he looks, dresses better, and other important
>> things of the day.
>
> There will always be people who are unwilling/unable to pay attention
> to the ins and outs of real information. Politicians understand this
> and that is why their message is delivered in sound bites.

There is more to the use of sound bites that the viewer's short
attention span. The media is in the business of selling advertising,
and the more sensational they can make the news the more attention they
will get. They will carefully sift through the recordings to get
something they can sensationalize. They will ignore all the good stuff
and play back only the one or two lines that they want to run with.

>For
> instance, Trump has rightly understood that outrageous one-liners are
> easy to remember and repeat to others -- whether the one-liners are
> lies or not. Trump's followers love him for it because he makes it
> easy and comfortable for them to feel politically smart.

It is a pretty sad state of affairs when they make themselves
politically smart by parroting Trumpisms. We keep seeing things in
social media where someone is debunking claims of Trump having said
something ridiculous. The funny thing is the comments are no more
outlandish that many of his other comments.

I expect that some time in the future someone will be making a movie
about Trump's unsuccessful run for the presidency and it will end up
being more like a comedy than a drama.