carlfense Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm sure that everyone who ventures into the P&R forums has heard some version of this common criticism of President Obama: This is all because, I mean, count the number of times he uses the word I in any speech, and compare that to any other president. Remember when he announced the killing of bin Laden? That speech I believe had 29 references to I – on my command, I ordered, as commander-in-chief, I was then told, I this. You’d think he’d pulled the trigger out there in Abbottabad. You know, this is a guy, you look at every one of his speeches, even the way he introduces high officials – I’d like to introduce my secretary of State. He once referred to ‘my intelligence community’. And in one speech, I no longer remember it, ‘my military’. For God’s sake, he talks like the emperor, Napoleon. - Charles Krauthammer http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/09/16/krauthammer-distorts-obamas-words-to-declare-hi/200766 Well . . . to my great surprise the conservative media's complaint is totally wrong. Again. BuzzFeed News analyzed more than 2,000 presidential news conferences since 1929, looking for usage of first-person singular pronouns — “I,” “me,” “my,” “mine,” and “myself.” Just 2.5 percent of Obama’s total news-conference words fell into this category. Only Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt used them less often. http://www.buzzfeed.com/johntemplon/obamas-pronouns-dont-make-him-narcissist#2u5bvuw Link to comment
QMany Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 That is quite a bit of time being dedicated to researching such a ridiculous complaint. Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Whoever did this research should spend their time more wisely. Like debating why the SEC is evil. 1 Link to comment
Junior Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Whoever did this research should spend their time more wisely. Like debating why the SEC is evil. I'm quite certain that a simple alogorithm could be used for this. Just load the text of speeches and voila. I'm sure it was done in a few minutes. Link to comment
sd'sker Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Whoever did this research should spend their time more wisely. Like debating why the SEC is evil. I'm quite certain that a simple alogorithm could be used for this. Just load the text of speeches and voila. I'm sure it was done in a few minutes. WHAT?!? you mean i did not have to listen to every speech and count every word? 1 Link to comment
Hingle McCringleberry Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 That is quite a bit of time being dedicated to researching such a ridiculous complaint. Yeah its stupid, I'm just glad they didn't use gov funds to come up with this... Punditry has gotten so stupid.. Link to comment
Junior Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Whoever did this research should spend their time more wisely. Like debating why the SEC is evil. I'm quite certain that a simple alogorithm could be used for this. Just load the text of speeches and voila. I'm sure it was done in a few minutes. WHAT?!? you mean i did not have to listen to every speech and count every word? You did. Just to double check and be sure the computer was working properly. 2 Link to comment
darkhorse85 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 If they went this far I'd also like to in what context these words were most used in. Link to comment
carlfense Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 People complaining about disproving a false claim and not the false claim itself. 2 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 People complaining about disproving a false claim and not the false claim itself. Both are stupid and a total waste of time for someone who really wants to make a difference in life. Now, for someone who wants to pull the wool over sheep's eyes......it might be worth it. Link to comment
carlfense Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Both are stupid and a total waste of time for someone who really wants to make a difference in life. Now think about the fact that one network has devoted significant time to it . . . and Buzzfeed (of all places!) proved them false. It might be a new low when Buzzfeed has a greater commitment to accuracy than a purported news organization. Interesting times we live in. What was that you posted this morning? 47% of conservatives rely primarily on that network? 2 Link to comment
HUSKER FREAK Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Is it a possibility that the 2.5 percent that he uses I, me, etc. is the only time that he is right on any decisions he's made and the rest are him pushing blame on the bad decisions he has made? (come on you know its true) Oh and the SEC is not evil per say they are just taking advantage of the decisions the NCAA (who is Evil) make and let them get away with. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 So this is a silly exercise. I do wonder if at the same time if they happened to record the # of words used or the length of the speeches. My bet is that Bill Clinton had the longest speeches. Link to comment
walksalone Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 People have entirely too much free f*ckin' time on their hands... Link to comment
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