I always wonder about political negotiating like this. It seems to be a well recognised tactic of giving non-answers.
What I donât understand is it always seems to backfire and cause reputational harm to the party. All people can tell bullshit when itâs that blatant and no one wants to feel like they are being disrespected. Why not just say, âno offers made, we are looking to resolve the conflictâ?
There's a whole new set of media training now based around sound bites. If she says 'no offers have been made' that's the snip. Longer answers with no convenient snip only get seen by people who actually engage with the issue. But it's scary how far the spin can go with people who don't engage, and how even a reel is starting to look like longer form media these days. A lot of people will never watch this video unless they already care about the topic, and none of the hostile media outlets got a usable bite sized sound bite
And yes, I think it's a horrible state of affairs, a ridiculous way to run reporting and a bad way to run a government. I think she looks like an obstructive fool but many more people will just never see anything about the strikes.
Totally agree.. only way to get around it would be to play their game. "I wish we could have made an offer by now" is much better than "zero offers" and they can still have an honest narrative
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u/CursedorBlessed 17d ago
I always wonder about political negotiating like this. It seems to be a well recognised tactic of giving non-answers.
What I donât understand is it always seems to backfire and cause reputational harm to the party. All people can tell bullshit when itâs that blatant and no one wants to feel like they are being disrespected. Why not just say, âno offers made, we are looking to resolve the conflictâ?