¶ … Internet When a Politician Makes a Blunder in Speech
President Obama is noted for blunders of speech and one of the worst blunders involves his presentation of the Medal of Honor to a serviceman who is deceased for nearly three years and the blunder of President Obama goes as follows:
"First time I saw 10th Mountain Division, you guys were in southern Iraq. When I went back to visit Afghanistan, you guys were the first ones there. I had the great honor of seeing some of you because a comrade of yours, Jared Monti, was the first person who I was able to award the Medal of Honor to who actually came back and wasn't receiving it posthumously." (Zurko, 2011, p.1)
In May 2012 President Obama was forced to apologize after he called the Nazi death camps that were constructed in Poland "Poland death camps." (Bates, 2012, p.1)
Statement of Thesis
The blunders of speech committed by President Obama and other politicians have, due to the Internet, become instant news traveling faster than the speed of light across social media websites and online news websites and play a great role in the public perception of a politician in the present highly technologically enabled age.
I. Speech Blunders Are Natural In Politics
There is always someone ready to pounce on a blunder in speech and to stretch and skew the misstated information to the greatest extent possible due to the competitive...
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