The art of noise
Well, South Carolina is again embroiled in a political scandal involving sex. Part of me didn't want to examine this yesterday because it is really just the art of noise. No, not the early 1980s experimental rock band, but the new modicum of how the media tells stories in the modern age. Ten years ago, this story would never have unfolded this way. There is no way that a political hack would/or could have admitted to an affair with a gubernatorial candidate in this way. The media back then would likely have let it roll under the carpet like all the messier rumors that come up over time.
But this announcement was made on a website known and read by political insiders. The announcement was made by one of the people involved. And that is where the art of noise came in. Everyone dissected the statement by the accuser, dissected the comments by the accused and then dissected them again. Everyone wants to know why this unfolded the way it did. The theory on the street that this is not over by a long shot and something bigger will unfold soon.
Stay tuned.
But this announcement was made on a website known and read by political insiders. The announcement was made by one of the people involved. And that is where the art of noise came in. Everyone dissected the statement by the accuser, dissected the comments by the accused and then dissected them again. Everyone wants to know why this unfolded the way it did. The theory on the street that this is not over by a long shot and something bigger will unfold soon.
Stay tuned.
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