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RE: Politainment
October 11, 2019 at 1:16 pm
(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?

Popcorn

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?
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Politainment

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Politainment - by onlinebiker - October 11, 2019 at 10:21 am
RE: Politainment - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 11, 2019 at 12:47 pm
RE: Politainment - by Anomalocaris - October 11, 2019 at 1:16 pm
RE: Politainment - by Succubus - October 11, 2019 at 1:53 pm
RE: Politainment - by onlinebiker - October 11, 2019 at 1:55 pm
RE: Politainment - by Succubus - October 11, 2019 at 1:16 pm
RE: Politainment - by downbeatplumb - October 11, 2019 at 2:17 pm



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