Как американский Ketchum создавал имидж Кремля
...Когда за убийством Политковской последовало убийство Литвиненко, а затем российское вторжение в Грузию, я задумался: неужели решение Кремля обратиться к западному пиар-агентству объяснялось тем, что о предстоящем резком ухудшении имиджа было известно заранее?
Помню один разговор с заместителем Пескова, в котором он раскритиковал нас за недостаточный контроль, когда после интервью с одним министром мы не проследили за тем, чтобы журналист «написал всё правильно». В газетах нас обвинили бы в манипуляции общественным мнением, в стремлении замалчивать факты нарушения прав человека при Путине. Возможно, Кремль ждал именно этого. Но основной задачей агентства Ketchum было информировать Кремль о том, как к нему относятся, и побуждать к проявлению инициативы и введению изменений. Разумеется, менять следовало в первую очередь смысл сообщений, а не то, как их преподносили. Но это была уже политическая задача, и она не входила в круг обязанностей Ketchum».
I am just a favourite disciple of Invisible Dancer. My complete name is The One Who Rides On The Dancing Elephant;) Besides, I can be also engaged as a private dancer at your service, but only under condition that I will like You.
Saturday, December 07, 2013
Saturday, November 02, 2013
10 Figures of Speech Illustrated by Monty Python: Paradiastole, Epanorthosis, Syncatabasis & More
10 Figures of Speech Illustrated by Monty Python: Paradiastole, Epanorthosis, Syncatabasis &
Ah, the ancient art of rhetoric. There’s no escaping it. Variously defined as “the art of argumentation and discourse” or, by Aristotle in his fragmented treatise, as “the means of persuasion [that] could be found in the matter itself; and then stylistic arrangement,” rhetoric is complicated. Aristotle’s definition further breaks down into three distinct types, and he illustrates each with literary examples. And if you’ve ever picked up a rhetorical guide—ancient, medieval, or modern—you’ll be familiar with the lists of hundreds of unpronounceable Greek or Latin terms, each one corresponding to some quirky figure of speech.
Well, as usual, the internet provides us with an easier way in the form of the video above of 10 figures of speech “as illustrated by Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” one of the most literate of popular artifacts to ever appear on television. There’s “paradiastole,” the fancy term for euphemism, demonstrated by John Cleese’s overly decorous newscaster. There’s “epanorthosis,” or “immediate and emphatic self-correction, often following a slip of the tongue,” which Eric Idle overdoes in splendid fashion. Every possible poetic figure or grammatical tic seems to have been named and catalogued by those philosophically resourceful Greeks and Romans. And it’s likely that the Pythons have utilized them all. I await a follow-up video in lieu of reading any more rhetorical textbooks.
Ah, the ancient art of rhetoric. There’s no escaping it. Variously defined as “the art of argumentation and discourse” or, by Aristotle in his fragmented treatise, as “the means of persuasion [that] could be found in the matter itself; and then stylistic arrangement,” rhetoric is complicated. Aristotle’s definition further breaks down into three distinct types, and he illustrates each with literary examples. And if you’ve ever picked up a rhetorical guide—ancient, medieval, or modern—you’ll be familiar with the lists of hundreds of unpronounceable Greek or Latin terms, each one corresponding to some quirky figure of speech.
Well, as usual, the internet provides us with an easier way in the form of the video above of 10 figures of speech “as illustrated by Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” one of the most literate of popular artifacts to ever appear on television. There’s “paradiastole,” the fancy term for euphemism, demonstrated by John Cleese’s overly decorous newscaster. There’s “epanorthosis,” or “immediate and emphatic self-correction, often following a slip of the tongue,” which Eric Idle overdoes in splendid fashion. Every possible poetic figure or grammatical tic seems to have been named and catalogued by those philosophically resourceful Greeks and Romans. And it’s likely that the Pythons have utilized them all. I await a follow-up video in lieu of reading any more rhetorical textbooks.
Sunday, September 08, 2013
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