2004-11-07

Transparens i den politiska retoriken

Virginia Postrel skriver om hur det kommer sig att religiösa frågor tar så stort utrymme i amerikansk politik. Artikeln beskriver hur politiker av olika skäl kan röra sig mot extrema ståndspunkter, vilket är intressant i sig, men mest intressant är nog avslutningen:
Since the success of extreme messages depends on keeping your supporters better informed than your opponents, the model suggests that changing news media could be as important as changing social groupings.

"If every time you say something in private to a religious group or a feminist group, it ends up on Drudge within three minutes in screaming headlines," Professor Glaeser said. "It's going to stop people from going to extremes."
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