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Master Orator Barack Ubama’s State Of The Union Speech Registers At An 8th Grade Reading Level
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combat_mage_sc
Title: Hi. My name is Combat and i'm an alcoholic.
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Registered: 2001-7-20 21:19:21
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Master Orator Barack Ubama’s State Of The Union Speech Registers At An 8th Grade Reading Level
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President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level, on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test — the third lowest score of any State of the Union address since 1934.
The University of Minnesota's Smart Politics conducted an analysis on the last 70 State of the Union addresses and found that President Obama's three addresses have the lowest grade average of any modern president. "Obama's average grade-level score of 8.4 is more than two grades lower than the 10.7 grade average for the other 67 addresses written by his 12 predecessors," they conclude.
"The Flesch-Kincaid test is designed to assess the readability level of written text, with a formula that translates the score to a U.S. grade level. Longer sentences and sentences utilizing words with more syllables produce higher scores. Shorter sentences and sentences incorporating more monosyllabic words yield lower scores," the University of Minnesota's Eric Ostermeier explains.
Obama's use of simple language is in part a reflection of his supporters. And it's part of a larger trend in simpler State of the Union language as the speech as transitioned from a simple address to Congress into a prime-time televised event.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/01/state-of-the-union-registers-at-th-grade-reading-level-112236.html
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winga
Title: Canadian
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Registered: 2001-4-27 15:46:32
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Who cares....
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jungalist
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Registered: 2001-8-25 10:21:58
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combat_mage_sc posted:
President Obama's 2012 State of the Union address again rated at an 8th grade comprehension level, on the Flesch-Kincaid readability test — the third lowest score of any State of the Union address since 1934.
The University of Minnesota's Smart Politics conducted an analysis on the last 70 State of the Union addresses and found that President Obama's three addresses have the lowest grade average of any modern president. "Obama's average grade-level score of 8.4 is more than two grades lower than the 10.7 grade average for the other 67 addresses written by his 12 predecessors," they conclude.
"The Flesch-Kincaid test is designed to assess the readability level of written text, with a formula that translates the score to a U.S. grade level. Longer sentences and sentences utilizing words with more syllables produce higher scores. Shorter sentences and sentences incorporating more monosyllabic words yield lower scores," the University of Minnesota's Eric Ostermeier explains.
Obama's use of simple language is in part a reflection of his supporters. And it's part of a larger trend in simpler State of the Union language as the speech as transitioned from a simple address to Congress into a prime-time televised event.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/01/state-of-the-union-registers-at-th-grade-reading-level-112236.html
He doesn't need to convince his supporters. They are smart. They get it. He needs to dumb it down to convince people like you.
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Mangler_SC
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Registered: 2003-12-2 08:37:05
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With someone like him, what did you think you were going to get?
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Cuttlery
Title: Wanna see what you missed?
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Registered: 2001-1-9 19:31:21
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Had to make it easy for the GOP to understand I suppose, those GWB supporters needed this.
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Banelord_FF
Title: Cunstrukshen Werker
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Registered: 2002-1-3 14:33:41
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Master Orator Barack Ubama’s State Of The Union Speech Registers At An 8th Grade Reading Level
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He certainly knows how to communicate with his audience. He knows The people who voted him into office are stupid.
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Myn_Darklighter
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Registered: 2002-11-7 07:40:11
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Master Orator Barack Ubama’s State Of The Union Speech Registers At An 8th Grade Reading Level
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"Obama's average grade-level score of 8.4 is more than two grades lower than the 10.7 grade average for the other 67 addresses written by his 12 predecessors," they conclude.
How about breaking it down comparing Obama to each previous president, rather than showing his score against the average of the 12 previous combined? How did he compare to Bush? Or Clinton? Or Reagan? Has the trend been to make the speeches easier for more to comprehend as time as gone on, and the earliest presidents scored in the 12 previous rated were really speaking at 12th grade level or higher, and it has trended down as time has gone on to appeal to the larger US population?
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-Rando-
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I wonder what a Sarah Palin speech would clock in at...
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Hawkson
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Registered: 2001-10-23 22:57:09
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Second or third grade.
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notmforce2k
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Pathetic that this country needs it.
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