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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Wishful Thinking

USA Today requested that readers come up with a single word to describe the state of the union and compiled the results into the following word cloud:
What word jumps out the most?  Well, according to USA Today:
The words that were mentioned the most include: "improving," ...
I don't know about you, but I think that anybody who looks at that cloud and sees "improving" first is "screwed", "pathetic", and pushing "propaganda".

5 comments:

Bret said...

Usually I let aog do media related posts, but he hasn't posted in eons and eons...

Susan's Husband said...

Yeah, I'm lazy. I really should start posting again.

erp said...

Did either of you guys watch?

Bret said...

I don't watch TV. Too slow for me - I can read much faster (but no, I didn't read the transcript either - I have little interest in the words spewing forth from our dear president).

erp said...

For information I agree, but this type of thing is performance art and facial expressions and body language tell more of the story. Not that we watched it either.

The Nixon / Kennedy debate is a case in point. Those who heard it on the radio or read a transcript thought Nixon won, those who saw the video thought the opposte.