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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | MAX ATKINSON DECEMBER 13, 2008 Obama's rhetoric renews UK media interest in the 'lost art' of oratory MERE RHETORIC? At the start of the 1987 general election, David Owen, then a co-leader of the SDP-Liberal Alliance kicked off his campaign by saying: “reason, not rhetoric will win this election.” Here, then, was another example someone using rhetoric to deny its value. It's something into which I hope to do some more research. | MAX ATKINSON JUNE 6, 2011 Why has British political oratory been banished to the sidelines? At some stage, probably during the late 1980s/early 1990s, television editors and producers must have decided that speeches made bad television, whereas interviews made good television. There is not one who can cast a spell. Tony Blair was the last great speaker, an underestimated orator who never delivered a dull speech. HERE ). | | | | | |
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