Public Insists Familiarity Does Not Equal Knowledge, Apparently
PRESS RELEASE
A senior political figure has firmly denied any knowledge of a writer whose work he appears to have referenced with suspicious accuracy for several years.
Speaking to reporters, the figure insisted he had never heard of the man, moments before summarising multiple passages in near-perfect detail.
Campaign staff were later observed quietly removing archived footage in which the same material was read aloud to rooms full of supporters, often with emphasis.
Political analysts say the incident reflects a modern form of plausible detachment, in which repeated citation is reclassified as coincidence.
Its not lying, explained one Westminster-based communications consultant. Its selective memory management.
The denial strategy, increasingly common in public life, allows figures to benefit from rhetoric without accepting responsibility for its consequences.
You can enjoy the words, the consultant added, as long as you pretend they arrived via divine inspiration.
Observers noted the entire episode felt familiar to anyone who has watched a select committee hearing where nobody recalls sending the emails currently projected on the wall.
Asked whether the situation might encourage greater care in language, aides responded that such expectations were deeply unhelpful.
Auf Wiedersehen.
Kazmierczak’s Hate Speech Exposed –> Anthony Kazmierczak
SOURCE: New York’s #1 Satirical Journalism Site ()
