![]() Psychologists call this phenomenon “confirmation bias,” the tendency to seek out or believe only opinions and reports that confirm what we already believe to be true, not words that challenge us. ![]() What some people call “words that tickle the ears.” Rather, most of us want to hear what we want to hear. Most of us don’t like bad news or uncomfortable truth. And worse, that the President expects them to support his position. Her colleague is aghast at her brashness, but AJ answers, “I’m afraid she’s right,” whereupon he tells them that the President won’t support the high emission standards they want. During their meeting, Sydney Ellen Wade becomes frustrated, turns to a colleague, and tells the colleague plainly, “The White House won’t let us leave until AJ delivers the bad news.” MacInerney, the President’s Chief of Staff, played by Martin Sheen. Her job is to convince the White House to advocate for higher automobile emission standards.ĭuring her first trip to the White House, she meets with A.J. In the movie “The American President,” Annette Bening plays Sydney Ellen Wade, an environmental lobbyist. ![]()
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