In The West Wing the closest advisors and the main characters other than the President and Chief of Staff were: The Communications Director, The Press Secretary, Deputy Communications Director, Communications Director to the VP (!!)
perhaps this is a naive contrarian take divorced from reality but i think lying is wrong and knowingly repeating the lies of powerful people is wrong and shameful. people can choose not to lie. yes there may be professional consequences to not lying but there should also be professional consequences to lying.
less lying is good, especially from powerful people. rich privileged people that have lots of options should have a duty to not spout blatant falsehoods and if they choose to do that then that’s shameful behavior that they should be ashamed for.
i just think a norm of relaying the lies of powerful people is okay because hey someone has got to do it is bad actually.
Some of the blame lies with Aaron Sorkin?
In The West Wing the closest advisors and the main characters other than the President and Chief of Staff were: The Communications Director, The Press Secretary, Deputy Communications Director, Communications Director to the VP (!!)
Thus proving that to many people, all politics is communication!
Just fyi, it's cowardly to reply to old comments and then lock replies.
Have you tried telling punters that they aren't buying women when they buy sex, because that's exactly what they think they are doing.
perhaps this is a naive contrarian take divorced from reality but i think lying is wrong and knowingly repeating the lies of powerful people is wrong and shameful. people can choose not to lie. yes there may be professional consequences to not lying but there should also be professional consequences to lying.
less lying is good, especially from powerful people. rich privileged people that have lots of options should have a duty to not spout blatant falsehoods and if they choose to do that then that’s shameful behavior that they should be ashamed for.
i just think a norm of relaying the lies of powerful people is okay because hey someone has got to do it is bad actually.