Bullshit Alert Button

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In a world where the overwhelming feeling among voters, young and old, is that “they’re all as bad as each other” and more often “they all talk such rubbish” perhaps “not talking bullshit” could be a revolutionary tactic for politicians. Essentially an alert button fitted with a built-in loudspeaker and a flashing red LED light, the Bullshit Button is preprogrammed with humorous phrases such as: Young, Dannagal G. and Lindsay Hoffman. 2012. Acquisition of Current-Events Knowledge from Political Satire Programming: An Experimental Approach. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 20 (5): 290–304.

Gray, Jonathan. 2009. Throwing Out the Welcome Mat: Public Figures as Guests and Victims in TV Satire. In Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones and Ethan Thompson, eds., Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era. 147–66. New York: New York University Press. Coleman, Stephen, Anke Kuik and Liesbet van Zoonen. 2009. “Laughter and Liability: The Politics of British and Dutch Television Satire.” The British Journal of Politics & International Relations, 11 (4): 652–65.Contagion effect, where standing near infected players increases your chance of contracting the illness. Baumgartner, Jody and Jonathan S. Morris. 2006. The Daily Show Effect: Candidate Evaluations, Efficacy, and American Youth. American Politics Research, 34 (3): 341–67. On a scale of one to ten, where one is ‘couldn’t give a stuff’ and ten is ‘literally can’t sleep at night’ how shitty do you feel about what you did to tuition fees?” Boler, Megan and Stephen Turpin. 2008. The Daily Show and Crossfire: Satire and Sincerity as Truth to Power. In Digital Media and Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times, ed., Megan Boler. 383–403. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Harrington, Stephen. 2012. The Uses of Satire: Unorthodox News, Cultural Chaos and the Interrogation of Power. Journalism, 13 (1): 38–52. Now…Episode 2. Where do I begin? I am thinking this may be perceived as one of my “asshole” episodes that I spoke of in my last blog. BUT the truth of the matter is I make no apologies for my attitude towards Danielle. Want to expose a bullshitter? Call them out for the cheeky little fibber they are with our big, bold, and bright red Bullshit Button. Simply wait for the moment when the lies begin to drop from their lips and then BLAM! Hit the BS button, causing it to flash and shout phrases calling them out, thus visually and audibly informing those nearby that there is some grade 'A' bullshitting going on. Subtlety is so overrated and such a waste of time. Pew Summary of Findings: Today’s Journalists Less Prominent: Fewer Widely Admired than 20 Years Ago. 2007. Pew Research Centre for the People and the Press, 8 March 2007. At: http://www.people-press.org/2007/03/08/todays-journalists-less-prominent/ (accessed 18 August 2008). The DPM ploughed on. “If you’re concerned about the NHS, if you’re concerned about the economy, if you’re concerned about . . . ”

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He said: “I just think they have both got it a bit wrong at the moment, actually. I think they are both lurching left and right.”

Harrington, Stephen. 2009a. Chasing Reporters: Infotainment, Intertextuality and Media Satire. 1-19. Paper delivered at the Australia and New Zealand Communications Association Conference, 8–10 July, 2009, Brisbane QLD. At: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/26299/ (accessed 9 March 2010). I don’t want to get too into it, but if you all knew what this woman was saying about me from day one behind the scenes you might understand the fact that I have zero desire to be her friend. ZERO. Friends like that I don’t need! It was also starting to affect my relationship with my sister-in-law Jacqueline, because I was baffled why she would be so close to someone who would spew such vicious, hurtful lies about her family. I think you may see more of that as the show progresses. She never mentioned the letter and for someone who wants so badly to be my friend, that was a wide open door. Hmmmm. Her hugs at Jacqueline’s party were followed by more lies and BS the very next day. So are you hearing me people? Something smells and let’s not forget that acting in soap operas was one of Danielle’s many past occupations. Oops...I hear that buzzer again! Let’s move on. My darling husband will not be making an appearance on the show. We have our time together in the mornings when we have breakfast and we have date night once a week. He works so hard and on his down time he didn’t want cameras in his face. I respected his wishes and happen to agree with him. Day, Amber. 2011. Satire and Dissent: Interventions in Contemporary Political Debate. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

President Obama Delivers The Decree. 2014. The Colbert Report, 9 December 2014. YouTube online video, posted 9 December 2014. At: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95KTrtzOY-g (accessed 16 November 2015). But stress no more! With the Bullshit Button you'll now be able to tell all those people what you think of their babbling without the need to utter a single word! The Bullshit Button comes with 5 different retorts, accompanied by matching light and sound effects: Of course there is always the nonsensical management speak such as "let's think outside the box" or even "the cheque is in the post ". The Bullshit Button is basically an alert button with a loud built-in speaker and red light that illuminates with a bullshit response. It will alert with one of 5 following responses: I could go on and on about the other nonsense, but as I said in the show I have a low tolerance for this kind of stuff and my “Bullshit Buzzer” just went off. ; ) Rifkind, Hugo. 2015. How Alex Brooker Made Political Interviews Interesting Again. The Spectator, 7 February 2015. At: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/02/the-magic-button-that-makes-political-interviews-worth-watching/ (accessed 17 November 2015).