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  • 'NY Times' Sunday Preview: Profile of Linguist Who Is Framing Issues for the Democrats

    07/15/2005 2:53:32 PM PDT · by bitt · 62 replies · 1,415+ views
    editorandpublisher.com ^ | July 15, 2005 2:30 PM ET | Lesley Messer
    NEW YORK The cover story by Matt Bai in the upcoming Sunday issue of The New York Times Magazine profiles the man some liberals allegedly consider a possible new “messiah” for the Democratic party, George Lakoff. An adviser to the party on “framing” issues, he wrote “Don't Think of an Elephant”-- a book about politics and language based on his own linguistic theories. “Framing” is the process of choosing the best words to describe individual issues and characterize a debate. Bai hails Lakoff as the father of the concept. His ideas seemed to gain some success recently in putting the...