There's a term for this called the "Gish gallop," and whether Trump knows what it's called he's a master of it. You just lie and sling crap a mile a minute aggressively. By the time the other debater rebuts two (of the 10) lies his turn is gone and the whirlwind of lies still spin. Then it's back to the liar. It creates chaos and is especially effective against someone who stutters.
There's a term for this called the "Gish gallop," and whether Trump knows what it's called he's a master of it. You just lie and sling crap a mile a minute aggressively. By the time the other debater rebuts two (of the 10) lies his turn is gone and the whirlwind of lies still spin. Then it's back to the liar. It creates chaos and is especially effective against someone who stutters.
Yes it's a great column. I'd heard of this but didn't fully understand it till I read her column. The good guys need a countermeasure for this. I like his team but they did not serve him well last night. I predict they fix this.
Wait a minute ! This debate was BidenтАЩs idea and he was the one who said no audience and other parameters. He in fact set up all the rules and Trump agreed. Trump did his usual schtick but the country and I were mesmerized by Biden. His appearance, his frailty, his answers, his expression. I wanted to cry for him and I watched until the end but I could not face the comments of all those talking heads gathered on CNN. I just knew they would call on Joe Biden to leave the race. Which is what they discussed and now the NY Times has weighed in and it was not pretty.
I donтАЩt think the Biden team set up the no factchecking rule or agreed to it.
That one was announced later. Same for not having them stay on topic. According to the AP:
тАЬCNN determined ahead of time that Tapper and Bash would be questioners, not umpires. They didnтАЩt follow up questions тАФ except to repeat those that werenтАЩt answered тАФ and left it to the politicians to try and fact-checkтАЬ
IтАЩll add that DJT used that to his advantage. Not only did he lie but by staying off topic he got more time to lie when the question was repeated.
At one point DJT was interrupting Tapper as Tapper tried to go to the next question. Eventually Tapper told him something like тАШlet me ask you this question and then you can do what you want.тАЩ
There's a term for this called the "Gish gallop," and whether Trump knows what it's called he's a master of it. You just lie and sling crap a mile a minute aggressively. By the time the other debater rebuts two (of the 10) lies his turn is gone and the whirlwind of lies still spin. Then it's back to the liar. It creates chaos and is especially effective against someone who stutters.
Yes! Be sure to look for Heather Cox Richardson's letter commenting on last night's "debate"; she commented on this technique, and more.
Yes it's a great column. I'd heard of this but didn't fully understand it till I read her column. The good guys need a countermeasure for this. I like his team but they did not serve him well last night. I predict they fix this.
Wait a minute ! This debate was BidenтАЩs idea and he was the one who said no audience and other parameters. He in fact set up all the rules and Trump agreed. Trump did his usual schtick but the country and I were mesmerized by Biden. His appearance, his frailty, his answers, his expression. I wanted to cry for him and I watched until the end but I could not face the comments of all those talking heads gathered on CNN. I just knew they would call on Joe Biden to leave the race. Which is what they discussed and now the NY Times has weighed in and it was not pretty.
I donтАЩt think the Biden team set up the no factchecking rule or agreed to it.
That one was announced later. Same for not having them stay on topic. According to the AP:
тАЬCNN determined ahead of time that Tapper and Bash would be questioners, not umpires. They didnтАЩt follow up questions тАФ except to repeat those that werenтАЩt answered тАФ and left it to the politicians to try and fact-checkтАЬ
IтАЩll add that DJT used that to his advantage. Not only did he lie but by staying off topic he got more time to lie when the question was repeated.
At one point DJT was interrupting Tapper as Tapper tried to go to the next question. Eventually Tapper told him something like тАШlet me ask you this question and then you can do what you want.тАЩ