ABSTRACT
On TV the most charismatic among Norway’s top politicians is-or has been until recently-the leader of the Socialist Left Party, Erik Solheim. In front of the camera he is the most awkward, hence the most credible. The first time he appeared on TV he was confronted with statistical figures showing that the unemployment problem was not as grave as he had tried to make out. His reply was an account of a shocking experience. Recently, he had seen a man, possibly unemployed, searching for something in a garbage can, probably out of want. Commenting not on the subject for discussion, but on his emotions concerning that subject, he distinguished himself by understanding what the interview was all about.
