@article{Lippert-Rasmussen_2014, title={Hykleriske Politikere, Demokrati og Mediedagsordenen}, volume={17}, url={https://tidsskrift.dk/politik/article/view/27568}, DOI={10.7146/politik.v17i1.27568}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 68"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>This article explores how accusations of hypocrisy function in political debates in the media. On the basis of a de nition of hypocrisy I argue that the strong media focus on hypocritical politicians: 1) gives an incen- tive for politicians to avoid subscribing to norms that are di cult or costly to comply with; 2) that often it is tied to the fallacy of inferring from the aws of hypocritical politicians to the claim that the norms they </span>subscribe to are awed; 3) constitutes structural power that signi cantly a ects the possibility of putting certain, especially egalitarian, issues on the political agenda. </p></div></div></div>}, number={1}, journal={Politik}, author={Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper}, year={2014}, month={maj} }