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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The Big Sort : Debates</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/tags/Debates/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Debates</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>In Politics, It's Not What They Say; It's What You Hear</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/09/22/in-politics-it-s-not-what-they-say-it-s-what-you-hear.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3708</guid><dc:creator>Bill Bishop</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/comments/3708.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3708</wfw:commentRss><description>All the back and forth about the truth or untruth of the latest campaign ad misses what’s really happening. It's not what people say that matters in today's politics. It's what people hear. Voters go out of their way not to hear what upsets their existing...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/09/22/in-politics-it-s-not-what-they-say-it-s-what-you-hear.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3708" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/tags/Political+Segregation/default.aspx">Political Segregation</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/tags/Barack+Obama/default.aspx">Barack Obama</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/tags/Paul+Lazarsfeld/default.aspx">Paul Lazarsfeld</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/tags/Debates/default.aspx">Debates</category></item></channel></rss>