Comments on: Emotions and journalism revisited http://adrianmonck.com/2008/02/emotions-journalism-revisited/ a blog about news and stuff Thu, 10 May 2012 16:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: JamesB http://adrianmonck.com/2008/02/emotions-journalism-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-584 JamesB Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:22:00 +0000 http://adrianmonck.com/?p=806#comment-584 Politicians are adept - and trained - in presenting their "true characters" in such a way that helps then connect with their audience. Giving them more opportunities to present emotion rather than the issues will just make scrutiny yet more difficult.<br/><br/>It's a shame they felt the need to extend the remit of the conference so wide - some of the arguments about interviewing trauma victims and similar seemed absolutely sensible.<br/><br/>It's probably a sign of emotional imbalance to point this out, but: isn't funny that whenever psychotherapists offer advice to any given profession, their proposed course of action invariably involves training or counselling by psychotherapists? Politicians are adept — and trained — in presenting their “true characters” in such a way that helps then connect with their audience. Giving them more opportunities to present emotion rather than the issues will just make scrutiny yet more difficult.

It’s a shame they felt the need to extend the remit of the conference so wide — some of the arguments about interviewing trauma victims and similar seemed absolutely sensible.

It’s probably a sign of emotional imbalance to point this out, but: isn’t funny that whenever psychotherapists offer advice to any given profession, their proposed course of action invariably involves training or counselling by psychotherapists?

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