Anyone who answers sensitive questions too quickly will sooner or later put their foot in it. The following applies not only to media rhetoric, but also to everyday communication: listen carefully – think (pause for thought) – and only then speak.
Malicious tongues say that someone who answers without thinking must be talking so that their brain switches on. When using the radio in an airplane, the helpful tip is: "Press, swallow, speak." Applied to uae rcs data dialogues, this means: it is always worth taking a break to think before speaking. Switch on your brain, then speak.
I analyzed the performances of the two SP Federal Council candidates and the two SVP candidates for the Schaffhauser Nachrichten. In the case of Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, I pointed out that speaking pauses would be helpful.
At her first press conference, the newly elected Federal Councillor accused the people of Appenzell of being backwoodsmen. Baume-Schneider was specifically asked: "What do you say to an Appenzeller or a German-speaking Swiss from the city who complains that he no longer feels represented in the Federal Council?" With the following thoughtless answer, the new Federal Councillor made her first faux pas: "The people of Appenzell may not even know that there was a Federal Council election.
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