Friday, May 16, 2003Made for TVThe New York Times has a piece on how Bush's team has taken image crafting to new heights - creating the perfect backdrops for the President's speeches. "We pay particular attention to not only what the president says but what the American people see," Mr. Bartlett said. "Americans are leading busy lives, and sometimes they don't have the opportunity to read a story or listen to an entire broadcast. But if they can have an instant understanding of what the president is talking about by seeing 60 seconds of television, you accomplish your goals as communicators. So we take it seriously." I can't fault Bush's media people for doing what they're supposed to do. It makes all the sense in the world to do it this way, especially in today's atmosphere of low attention spans and MTV-influenced media saturation. But people need to be aware that this is going on and not get sucked in by the pretty stage settings. Also from Cursor. posted by chris at 3:36 PM ------------------ |
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