Thursday, July 30, 2009
Selective Interpretation.
Gavin Newsom - a 'pretty boy with baggage'?
The Chron cherry picks the quote above from an article in Fast Company, and that's the headline, but the full quote is:
Described as a "pretty boy with baggage," Newsom talks at length with reporter Ellen McGirt about changing the way California operates.
So, Gavin is a pretty boy, which I understand to mean: no substance, vacuous, a nice face but not much underneath.
The article goes on to call him "a walking, talking PowerPoint presentation" and notes that "listening can turn into a battle of wills and attention spans." Try watching his 7.5-hour State of the City speech, Ellen! Better yet, try watching it without a triple espresso.
So Gavin is a wonk machine, deeply invested in policy nitty-gritty and he knows he stuff so that he can talk about it for hours on.
Doesn't Heather Knight, the Chron scribe here, realize that he can't be both?
The Chron cherry picks the quote above from an article in Fast Company, and that's the headline, but the full quote is:
Described as a "pretty boy with baggage," Newsom talks at length with reporter Ellen McGirt about changing the way California operates.
So, Gavin is a pretty boy, which I understand to mean: no substance, vacuous, a nice face but not much underneath.
The article goes on to call him "a walking, talking PowerPoint presentation" and notes that "listening can turn into a battle of wills and attention spans." Try watching his 7.5-hour State of the City speech, Ellen! Better yet, try watching it without a triple espresso.
So Gavin is a wonk machine, deeply invested in policy nitty-gritty and he knows he stuff so that he can talk about it for hours on.
Doesn't Heather Knight, the Chron scribe here, realize that he can't be both?
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