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The Political Pundits (Hardcover, New)
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The Political Pundits (Hardcover, New)
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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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