Boston Globe
Quotes from politicians have been getting shorter for more than a century, according to University of Nevada profs David M. Ryfe and Markus Kemmelmeier. Reporting on their findings, Craig Fehrman writes that “the shrinking sound bite stands as a rare enemy of Republicans and Democrats alike. Whether running for president of the United States or for city council, politicians can count on seeing their words broken into ever smaller and more fragmentary bits.”
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