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  • Analyzing President Biden's speech on Jan. 6 anniversary

    Jan 7, 2022 11:45 am by The ConversationIllinois in the News
    President Biden at the speaker's podium in the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building. Jabin Botsford//The Washington Post via AP

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    • President Biden at the speaker's podium in the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building. Jabin Botsford//The Washington Post via AP

    The Conversation (Jan. 6) U. of I. expert on presidential rhetoric John Murphy writes, 'Biden’s speech of Jan. 6, 2022, is of interest not only because of the circumstances that led to its being necessary, but also because of the visual language it employed.'