Hypnotizing chickens

Senior officers say [Powerpoint] does come in handy when the goal is not imparting information, as in briefings for reporters.

…Those types of PowerPoint presentations, Dr. Hammes said, are known as “hypnotizing chickens.”

This NYT article seems to be written to provide an opportunity to mention to Edward Tufte’s essay on Powerpoint:

Alas, slideware often reduces the analytical quality of presentations. In particular, the popular PowerPoint templates (ready-made designs) usually weaken verbal and spatial reasoning, and almost always corrupt statistical analysis.