Repetition (and II): The B-side
Another article about televised election debates? Yet another article about the six debates broadcast, two by RTVE, two by La Sexta, one by TVE-3 and one, the first to be held, by Barcelona Tribuna-La Vanguardia? Some might say they would rather read about them than watch them (as a week's worth of debates is hard to digest). But, […]
Round 2: More of the same?
It would have been too much to expect, and more than adventurous, to believe in rhetorical and technical innovations on the part of the competing politicians for this second round of elections. However, there was still room for improvement, which has consisted rather in making worse what was worse, especially when gratuitously aggressive ways and manners are not abandoned. The difference [...]