First we had "reality TV".

Then "infotainment".


Now (and I want credit for the invention of the word) 

We have "politainment" -that is politics that are over the top - that they can't be real - they HAVE to be working from a script.

Any guess on who gets voted off the island next?

(October 11, 2019 at 10:21 am)onlinebiker Wrote: First we had "reality TV".

Then "infotainment".


Now (and I want credit for the invention of the word) 

We have "politainment" -that is politics that are over the top - that they can't be real - they HAVE to be working from a script.

Any guess on who gets voted off the island next?

I'm happy to give you credit for coining the word, but was there ever a time when politicians were NOT working from a script?

Boru

(October 11, 2019 at 10:21 am)onlinebiker Wrote: First we had "reality TV".

Then "infotainment".


Now (and I want credit for the invention of the word) 

We have "politainment" -that is politics that are over the top - that they can't be real - they HAVE to be working from a script.

Any guess on who gets voted off the island next?

There is one political system that will soon be working to a script.



As script writing goes Franz Kafka couldn't pen a more completely unintelligible tome. But hey, if it's not broke, don't fix it.

(October 11, 2019 at 12:47 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(October 11, 2019 at 10:21 am)onlinebiker Wrote: First we had "reality TV".

Then "infotainment".


Now (and I want credit for the invention of the word) 

We have "politainment" -that is politics that are over the top - that they can't be real - they HAVE to be working from a script.

Any guess on who gets voted off the island next?

I'm happy to give you credit for coining the word, but was there ever a time when politicians were NOT working from a script?

Boru

Does Poe's law also apply to scripts and political performances?

(October 11, 2019 at 1:16 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:

(October 11, 2019 at 12:47 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I'm happy to give you credit for coining the word, but was there ever a time when politicians were NOT working from a script?

Boru

Does Poe's law also apply to scripts and political performances?

I'm thinking of a politician whose performances are beyond parody.

(October 11, 2019 at 1:53 pm)Succubus Wrote:

(October 11, 2019 at 1:16 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Does Poe's law also apply to scripts and political performances?

I'm thinking of a politician whose performances are beyond parody.

There are no politicians beyond parody. The problem is sometimes parody seems more sane and likely than the reality.

(October 11, 2019 at 10:21 am)onlinebiker Wrote: First we had "reality TV".

Then "infotainment".


Now (and I want credit for the invention of the word) 

We have "politainment" -that is politics that are over the top - that they can't be real - they HAVE to be working from a script.

Any guess on who gets voted off the island next?

I'm hoping Boris Johnson or Nigel Farage.