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ERIC Number: EJ117506
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Public Doublespeak: On Mistakes and Misjudgments
Moran, Terence P.
College English, 36, 7, 837-42, Mar 75
The Watergate tapes reveal that Nixon and his aides were the prime victims of their own rhetoric in that they began to believe what they tried to sell the public. (JH)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Language, Magnetic Tapes, Persuasive Discourse, Political Attitudes, Social Values, Values
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Identifiers: Doublespeak (Public)