Trevor Cook: Jones v. Rhiannon

13 March 2007

Jones v. Rhiannon

13 Mar 2007 16:21:00

4 Comments

That was no interview T; it was a self-aggrandising lynching, with AJ as judge, jury and executioner. And what an unenviable interview posi for Rhiannon - dilemma of whether to tolerate the abuse or assert she needed to be heard out or else end the interview?

Posted by: Gerry | 14 March 2007 at 10:51 AM

No, not an interview at all. But her real problem was holding an indefensible position. How can they argue the horrors of a desalination plant and then preference the ALP in the seats most directly affected?

Posted by: Trevor Cook | 14 March 2007 at 11:00 AM

Indefensible absolutely; and 'how can they argue'...maybe because the game is politics, not ethics?

Posted by: Gerry | 14 March 2007 at 11:16 AM

Hi Trev; an analysis of AJ techniques by a coupla academics; accuse him of 'repetition of rhetorical devices used in advertising and propaganda', and significantly politically influential.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/03/21/1174153159515.html?from=top5

Posted by: Gerry | 22 March 2007 at 04:59 PM

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