Mark Thompson (14) (1957–)

Auteur van Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics?

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Mark Thompson has been the present and CEO of The New York Times Company since 2012. Previously, he was director-general of the BBC from 2004 to 2012, and CEO of Channel 4 Television Corporation from 2002 to 2004. Born in London, Thompson attended Stonyhurst College and Merton College, Oxford. toon meer Thompson has three children with his wife, writer Jane Blumberg. toon minder

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Geboortedatum: 1957-07-31
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: UK
Relaties: Blumberg, Jane (wife)

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Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of… door Mark Thompson

I found this book insightful and accurate; Thompson views the decline in the quality of civil discourse through the lens of rhetoric as defined and used by the classical writers, starting with Aristotle. He examines how the medium shapes the rhetoric, if only by cutting recordings of politicians' statements to very short sound bytes, and he discusses some things that the press, the public and the politicians can do to improve the quality of public discourse. None of his proposals are either radical or shockingly innovative, but I'd say we need to consider this book and perhaps act on Thompson's ideas and suggestions.… (meer)

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Enough Said: What's Gone Wrong with the Language of… door Mark Thompson

Promised much more than it delivers. From his biographical details and some remarks in the book I would conclude the author to be an upper-class English Catholic.

And Wikipedia confirms the diagnosis. I didn't think much of the book, but I've mentioned it several times when talking with coworkers, so it was hardly negligible.

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