So I was searching online for interesting articles to write about, things I actually enjoyed. I went through fashion, technology, science, space, even food, and I really couldn't find a single thing that drew me in enough to write a whole blog about. Until I came upon this story. I read the title "Nixon and Cuomo are Talking Climate" and I think ugh just another debate about what to do about global warming and the earth temperatures rising. And then I read, "Of the Room Where They'll Debate", and i'm like wait what?! I proceeded to read the article and come to find out that the topic most definitely is discussing the controversy of a supposed leaked email stating that Cynthia Nixon would like the temperature of the room where she will be challenging Andrew Cuomo at exactly 76 degrees. Nixon felt, and her team will agree, that she didn't really have a say in the debate pertaining to the place, date, time, etc. Wanting some sort of say in all the preparation, and knowing that Cuomo prefers his chilly debate rooms, Nixon requests it be set at a warmer temperature. after much friendly (yet intense) social media controversy, Cuomo's team, throwing shade to Nixon, states that he has much more important things to worry about than the temperature of the room, showing that Nixon's alleged attempt at distracting Cuomo did not work. https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/28/politics/cynthia-nixon-andrew-cuomo-debate-heat/index.html Synthesis: Another interesting event from the past that is closely related to this in the irrelevance and simplicity of it is Ronald Reagan's jellybean theory. He would always keep a bowl of jellybeans in his meetings because he believed that that no matter how heated a conversation or debate got he could offer the person jellybeans to deescalate the situation all together.
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