{"id":1180,"date":"2008-08-28T09:44:13","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T13:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2008-08-28T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2008-08-28T13:44:13","slug":"the-hope-of-message-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/08\/28\/the-hope-of-message-control\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hope of Message Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interesting NYT piece<\/a> on the firm editorial hand of the Obama campaign:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Above all,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants to our country as we build a wall on the Southern border. Instead, let us build bridges of friendship and cooperation with our Southern neighbors.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

But when Representative Jos\u00c3\u00a9 E. Serrano of the Bronx submitted his three-minute speech as required to the high command of Senator Barack Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s campaign, the remark was excised.<\/p>\n

[ . . . ]<\/p>\n

That was not all that was missing; the speech he delivered here on Monday bore little resemblance to the one he had written. The deletions appeared to reflect political sensitivities of a campaign seeking to attract moderate voters in the general election.<\/p>\n

[ . . . ]<\/p>\n

Gov. David A. Paterson of New York also felt the firm nudge of the Obama campaign. Mr. Paterson had hoped to emphasize the poor state of the economy, a central issue on his agenda, during his turn at the lectern on Tuesday. Instead, the campaign persuaded Mr. Paterson, who is legally blind, to talk about his disability, which he often avoids discussing in detail for fear of being pigeonholed as an advocate for the blind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t mind a bit of caution and control in a campaign.\u00c2\u00a0 But it’s a tricky task to manage – I hope they’re up to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interesting NYT piece on the firm editorial hand of the Obama campaign: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Above all,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants to our country as we build a wall on the Southern border. Instead, let us build bridges of friendship and cooperation with our Southern neighbors.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d But when Representative Jos\u00c3\u00a9 E. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t