Reply #31: You said it right there -

[RaleighNCDUer]

he talks too fast, and there's no way to rewind.

So many arguments made to the TV noise machine include assumptions just barely alluded to, that while watching you might say "but...but..." then the moment is gone and he's on to something else.

That's the power of the soapbox, that you can't interrupt them and call them on it in real time, whether it is talk radio or MSRNC commentary or political speeches - all you can do is sit back and absorb them and KNOW they're wrong, but once the moment is passed you're hard put to remember just what it was they said.

It's not impossible, but it is certainly harder than dealing with the written word which is being actively read rather than passively taken in.