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NOVEMBER 2008
• Bobby Kennedy nearly got it right about Obama
• ‘Reliable sources' on where Obama’s 'Yes we can' came from
• Will there be any ‘rhetorical denial’ from the Obama camp?
• The Queen’s Speech: an exception that proves the ruler
• Rhetoric & imagery in Obama's victory speech
• Not Clinton, not McCain but Obama
• How the BBC handled one complaint about Ross
OCTOBER 2008:
• Another BBC News Slideshow
• Don't put the clocks back
• BBC Television News: produced for or by morons?*
• Experience and inexperience in presidential campaigns
• Presidential debates – tedious television but better than commercials
• A secret of eternal youth?
• Hair today, win tomorrow: baldness and charisma
• Pesky Peston?*
• ConVincing Cable
• 'Mature, grown-up and statesmanlike' at the lectern*
SEPTEMBER 2008:
• Cameron takes to the lectern in a crisis
• Objects as visual aids*
• Powerpoint comes to church
• Mediated speeches -- whom do we really want to hear?
• Wisdom of forethought?
• Time for Cameron to surf applause?*
• Did Gordon Brown take my advice?
• Eternity, eternity and eternity
• More tips for Gordon Brown*
• Tips for Gordon Brown's conference speech
* VIDEO EXAMPLES REFERRED TO IN BLOGS
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1. 'SURFING APPLAUSE' (27th September, 2004)
(Tony Benn - Barack Obama - Nicholas Sarkozy - David Cameron)
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2. 'MORE TIPS FOR GORDON BROWN' (27th September, 2008)
(did Brown lift these lines from Clinton?)
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3. 'OBJECTS AS VISUAL AIDS' (30th September, 2008)
(Sentamu cuts up his dog collar and Obama brushes aside criticsm)
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4.'MATURE, GROWN-UP AND STATESMANLIKE' (2nd October, 2008)
(Cameron ignores half the audience for 30 seconds)
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5. POWERPOINT PESTON
(News presentation, 8th October 2008)
6. BBC TELEVISION NEWS (8th October 2008)
(produced for or by morons?)