Early campaign messages are stuck on repeat

Such is the nature of modern campaigning—every movement is mass marketed. Originality be dammed. This pivotal moment brought to you by a focus group.

There was no originality in the early hours of this campaign. It was a download of Spotify’s Summer’s Most Predictable Talking Point Tracks from our political leaders. Can you get a concussion from having your head slammed by this awful audio, asks Tim Powers.The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

August 18, 2021

OTTAWA—The least surprising development of the summer happened on Aug. 15. The federal election was called. Breaking news it was not. The soil had been tilled since late spring for an August call with a Sept. 20 election day. Shock would have engulfed the political class if a national vote had bee...

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