An incredibly painful clip, but a great illustration of how the PR concept of talking points to induce argumentum ad nauseam works in modern politics.

The interviewee Kevin James has no idea what he is talking about, but sticks to his talking points, with little fear that he will be asked to back up his remarks. Chris Matthews does an excellent job of forcing his guest to explain his comments to ensure that James isn’t making a false accusation. James just repeats his talking points over and over again, not explaining his meaning.

Matthews does a great sticking on the issue until his guest is either able to back up his claim or prove his own ignorance, all of which while not losing his cool.

And in case you are wondering, this current and historical events they were “discussing.”

via merlin