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Just look at what it did to congressional inquiries. You just end up with a bunch of misinformed or willfully ignorant senators and representatives asking rarel
by Teknoman117 6y ago
Just look at what it did to congressional inquiries. You just end up with a bunch of misinformed or willfully ignorant senators and representatives asking rarely useful questions of people just so they can be on CSPAN grilling that CEO that the media currently doesn't like. No one cares about solving the issues so long as there's enough footage sent home to the voters to get reelected.
- michaelt 6y agoHow do you think the senators would act if they knew voters wouldn't see their performance?
- _lazlo 6y agoKleptocracy could be preferable to Ochlocracy.
- chiefofgxbxl 6y agoThey could release transcripts, which would be far less theatrical than video and audio. Sure, transcripts may contain some grandstanding, but it's not as spicy as a 20 second tweeted clip. The Supreme Court disallows cameras, but release audio, so those who wish to follow the court can still do so.
- eplanit 6y agoBetter, I think. Probably we'd be spared absurd stunts like Mazie Hirono asking SCOTUS nominee Amy Barret this past week if she ever raped anyone.
- tt433 6y agoI think the point of those questions is just to establish a baseline of truth in congressional testimony, it's not really "stunt" related. It would become a stunt in retrospect if it were found ACB lied to Congress, which is a crime. Get as many factual comments on record as you can, and then you have a bigger quiver later.
- tt433 6y agoGingrich was a master of playing the CSPAN game