His answers, even the ones that hint of rehearsed, PR-approved sound bites, lack the disquietingly poised delivery that many young stars learn to perfect.
Unfortunately, this was again overshadowed by efforts that misconstrued the issues involved in the service of scoring political points and cable news sound bites.
Members of Congress often drop clippable sound bites into their speeches in hopes theyâll make it onto cable news, so itâs possible this was simply an effort to gin up a bit of media attention from Carlson or other right-wing media personalities.
Judging by the actions of his more tight-lipped peers, he provided a shameful sound bite that elucidates the cavalier disregard for players that many coaches and so-called college leaders exhibit.
A short, striking, quotable statement well suited to a television news program. For example, He's extremely good at sound bites, but a really substantive speech is beyond him. This slangy expression, first recorded in 1980, originated in political campaigns in which candidates tried to get across a particular message or get publicity by having it picked up in newscasts.