From: NPR
Detecting the ‘Artful Dodge’
NPR:
Henry Kissinger once joked at a press conference: Does anyone have any questions for my answers? If politicians had their way, they might just write their own questions for the press, but, of course, politicians can’t write all the questions. So instead, they’re coached on the art of question-dodging, taught how to segue from the question they’re asked to the question they wish they had been asked and are prepared to answer.
Come October, how often will politicians pull that trick in their news conferences and debates? Will they be able to do it without us noticing it? And more importantly, is there a way to prevent this dodging and keep the debates honest? My next guest has a few ideas. Todd Rogers is a social psychologist at Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge and the assistant professor of public policy there. He joins us from a studio on campus.
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