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It can't really be reduced to a headline, so it will be ignored by most people and most news media. That's my prediction.
HAB911
(8,946 posts)Is Faux Noos reporting on it? 33% of the population have no idea it exists
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)I won't waste any more time even thinking about them.
HAB911
(8,946 posts)mercuryblues
(14,557 posts)But I found my reading style to be part of the problem. I tend to speed read with either the TV or radio on in the background. This doc needs to be read slowly, without distractions.
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)Plus congressional hearings are really repetitive and boring most of the time. It's a yawner.
I'm hoping someone extracts the important statements from it for easier comprehension.
hlthe2b
(102,525 posts)Some of the "interpreted" reviews are pretty hard to follow if one wants to understand EVERY word (and I have followed intently the findings and suppositions the past year by multiple respected individuals, like Laurence Tribe, Seth Abramson, Malcom Nance, Matthew Miller, Benjamin Wittes, and others.
But the key points are NOT hard to understand. The summary information NEEDS to get out there. I have to hand it to Joe S and Mika. They did a good job of that this morning.
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)Until this can be reduced to that level, I don't think it will have much impact. I also think that's too bad.
Frankly, I don't have time to wade through that transcript. I have work I have to get done. The same is true for most people, I'm sure.
We need some headlines out of this, followed by specific information on why this is important.
brooklynite
(94,974 posts)MineralMan
(146,351 posts)there's no way to make it dramatic. I've watched a few such hearings and they're really repetitive snore-fests.
It needs to be digested and exposed in meaningful chunks. Most of it is the same thing, said over and over again. Worse, it's a complex topic that isn't well-explained within the transcript.
We need someone who is very, very good to drill down to just the important information and present it with enough background to make it comprehensible to the average person.
I'm not even sure that's possible.
brooklynite
(94,974 posts)MineralMan
(146,351 posts)I know I didn't. In fact, I don't know anyone who did. I watched the high points. I read analysis of those high points. Most of it, in fact, was a snore fest.
bigtree
(86,016 posts)...by republicans squawking about 'Fusion GPS' and Steele.
It's as easy to understand as the bogus charges raised by Nunes and ilk.
Simpson makes a very compelling and believable witness.
This is a marathon, not a sprint. The release of the hearing transcript inserts an important cog in the prosecution and the public debate.
avebury
(10,953 posts)way through it this weekend. I downloaded Rachel Maddow's show from last night because she specifically pointed out items on certain pages and I want to make a note of those pages for when I read through the transcript.
TheBlackAdder
(28,253 posts).
It needs to be put into a Reader's Digest comic strip format to keep their attention and slow the pace of reading.
I don't think their mouths can keep up when reading just straight text.
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