"The Political PunditS" surveys in detail the small, elite group
of persons who comment on and analyze politics in newspapers and
newsmagazines, on radio and television, through lectures, books,
and all other forms of political media. Dan Nimmo and James E.
Combs discuss the key political role pundits play, their methods
and strategies, and the potential danger they present to American
political life. Our democracy is being transformed into a
punditocracy, which replaces serious citizen debate with discussion
guided by show business values. Punditry, Nimmo and Combs argue,
produces symbolic rather than effective healing of political ills,
political paternalism rather than political reflection, and, in the
end, public disenchantment with politics.
The authors conclude that pundits should not be taken too
seriously, and approach their outpourings using a comic, or bardic,
framework. In Part One, the discussion focuses on four generic
types of pundits: Priests, Bards, Sages, and Oracles. Part Two
identifies three pundit roles: as technicians, as members of the
Chattering Class, and as media critics. Each chapter provides
examples, cases, and profiles to demonstrate the dominance of
punditry. The Political Pundits challenges the generally accepted
view that learned and informed public discussion in politics
provides an adequate forum for informing and involving citizens.
Scholars and students of political science and communications will
find the role of the pundits demystified--the curtain pulled back
to reveal the wizards.
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