Comments on: Sonia Sotomayor: The Senators Own The Stage http://www.disorderlyreport.com/2009/08/08/sonia-sotomayor-the-senators-own-the-stage/ Fighting The Conservative Lies One Post At A Time Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:14:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: APearlOfAGirl http://www.disorderlyreport.com/2009/08/08/sonia-sotomayor-the-senators-own-the-stage/comment-page-1/#comment-23 APearlOfAGirl Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:13:59 +0000 http://www.disorderlyreport.com/?p=61#comment-23 I think it is a hard line to straddle - to both satisfy the constituents at home and to appear with the times. Sometimes the two are mutually exclusive. I agree that today's audience is more informed, but a lot of people rely on the 30 second sound bite because they lead busy lives and don't have the time or inclination to dig deeper. They rely on that sound bite to be factual, which is not always the case. I think it is a hard line to straddle – to both satisfy the constituents at home and to appear with the times. Sometimes the two are mutually exclusive.

I agree that today’s audience is more informed, but a lot of people rely on the 30 second sound bite because they lead busy lives and don’t have the time or inclination to dig deeper. They rely on that sound bite to be factual, which is not always the case.

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