[governance] A god send or a curse?: Software Spots Spin In Political Speeches

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

  Well this will be interesting at least...  Perhaps useful or perhaps
not?

See:
According to an article in NewScientist Tech,
there is now software that can identify the
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19926746.200-software-spots-the-spin-in-political-speeches.html

amount of spin in a politician or candidate's speech. From the article,
'Blink
and you would have missed it. The expression of disgust on former US
president Bill Clinton's face during his speech to the Democratic
National Convention as he says "Obama" lasts for just a fraction of a
second. But to
Paul Ekman it was glaringly obvious. "Given that he probably feels
jilted that
his wife Hillary didn't get the nomination, I would have to say that the

entire speech was actually given very gracefully," says Ekman, who has
studied people's facial expressions and how they relate to what they are

thinking for over 40 years.' The article goes on to analyze the amount
of
spin in each of the candidates running for president, and the results
are
that Obama spins the most.

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