Didn’t Really “Connect” With Obama’s Speech?
Well, according to CNN, it’s not his fault you’re stupid
(CNN) — President Obama’s speech on the gulf oil disaster may have gone over the heads of many in his audience, according to an analysis of the 18-minute talk released Wednesday.
Tuesday night’s speech from the Oval Office of the White House was written to a 9.8 grade level, said Paul J.J. Payack, president of Global Language Monitor. The Austin, Texas-based company analyzes and catalogues trends in word usage and word choice and their impact on culture.
Though the president used slightly less than four sentences per paragraph, his 19.8 words per sentence “added some difficulty for his target audience,” Payack said.
So I guess this explains the problems that MSNBC’s pundits had with the speech.
(CNN, on the other, is chock full of high-falutin’ interlexyalls who completely understand all the nuanced suavity that the President meant to impart on us more simpler folks…and who don’t understand the difference between “less” and “fewer.”)
CNN: The “We got your back, Mr. President” Network.
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June 17, 2010 6:16 am
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Many of the commenters are even worse with their Obama worship.
CNN has gotten part of O!bama’s anatomy, but it ain’t his back.
And this is yet another reason to avoid flying: all the airports have CNN on their TV screens.
Polonius talked a lot too.
More matter with less art, Mr. President.
I get it now. The Clinton News Network says I’m stupid for disagreeing with with them. Maybe I’ll improve when I get that GED.
11/02/10.
“Fewer” dems, “less” tyranny.
By George, Yojimbo’s got it!
I love it when people assume I’m a moron. It makes it so easy to rob them.
Just who was his target audience then? Middleschoolers? Having done some work with reading levels, I can say that reading level comprehension and verbal comprehension are two different animals. These guys are the morons and they just can’t bring themselves to admit their chosen one is a moron too.
And then they’ll go on to prove that black is white and get killed in the next zebra crossing.
Usta be I couldn’t spell “Journalist”, now I is one…