JNugent <jennings& snipped-for-privacy@fastmail.fm wrote
>> Max Demian wrote
>>> JNugent wrote
>>>> Dave Plowman (News) wrote
>>>>> JNugent <jennings& snipped-for-privacy@fastmail.fm wrote: >
>>>>>> The usual reason why a question isn't answered in full is that the
>>>>>> interviewee has not been permitted to give the answer in full. >
>>>>> You are remarkably naive. The technique is to ramble on as much as
>>>>> possible doing a PPB to reduce the time available for even more
>>>>> searching questions.
>
>>>> Interviewees should be allowed to give the answer in full, without
>>>> interruption.
>
>>>> If the interviewer isn't prepared to listen to the answer, there is
>>>> no point in asking the question(s).
>
>>> Many interviewees just want to deliver a speech, uninterrupted, and
>>> not actually answer any questions.
>
>> What is the point of asking a question to which one does not want an >> answer?
>
> They do want an answer to the question they asked and when it is
> a politician, often don?t get an answer to the question they asked.
That happens, but the phenomenon of the interviewer constantly interrupting the answer is far more common.