Public Discourse

After reading Deborah Tannens excerpt I believe that Mrs. Tannens’s view of public discourse is that she disagrees with what is occurring from it. When the public’s conversation is a fight the media must show that, “every issue must have two sides—no more, no less. And it’s crucial to show “that other side,” even if one has to scour the margins of science or the fringes of lunacy to find it.” When the media shows that “other side” it usually is the side that brings in the higher audience viewers, “when extremes clash are thou...