How Do You See Through Political Doublespeak?
Political doublespeak: “What is it?” you ask. In politics, there are often many sides of opposition. Candidate against candidate, supporters versus the media. In an election or throughout any political campaign, the “he said/she said” game is often played and doublespeak runs rampant. Doublespeak has to do with saying one thing and meaning another. Many public relations and communications staffers know the right way to address certain crowds and how to get around the rest. Learn how to see through political doublespeak so you can see a candidate and their platform for what it truly is. Pay attention to what candidates themselves says. Though they have speechwriters and communications representatives holding press conferences for them, zone in on what they say for themselves. Then, you can see for yourself if they changed their view on a certain issue or topic at hand. Research, research, research. The key to seeing through doublespeak is by researching a politician’s past voting record
