[governance] A false consensus is broken

[michael gurstein]

Is the use of a particular turn of phrase in a popular news outlet a
"fact"... maybe to Fox News... q.v. swiftboating
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftboating

M

-----Original Message-----
From: Avri Doria [mailto:avri at acm.org] 
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:08 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; michael gurstein
Subject: Re: [governance] A false consensus is broken




On 21 Dec 2012, at 10:13, michael gurstein wrote:

> Or Parminder used/quoted colourful journalistic language in a journalistic
medium...
> 
> Anyway, why this pre-occupation with one perhaps infelicitous turn of
(journalistic/diplomatic?) phrase ... Is this the US Congress/Fox News where
a fairly comprehensible mispeak can lead to a total "gothcha" pre-occupation
(the Benghazi "discussions") for purely political purposes to the exclusion
of substantive debate...


It is simple:

Because you are not permitted to have your own facts.

avri


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