I think the Tories played a couple of blinders at their conference; first the Tapestry which depicted several journalists ensured it got lots of publicity, and then with Kemi's piece citing people like you. Was it Orwell that said you don't have to bribe British journalists because they'll do what you want anyway? It certainly helps if you stroke their egos.
Good luck on your substack break, Ed. I look forward to seeing what it produces.
"The emotional, pre-rational and mystical visual language of power was being replaced by a critical literate language." And this is the general standard of most comments that occur on other news sites: splenetic, subjective, fraught and instinctive rather than rational. And this trend is indulged and put on a pedestal by our modern media complex in the thirst for clicks, for views, and for virality.
I think the Tories played a couple of blinders at their conference; first the Tapestry which depicted several journalists ensured it got lots of publicity, and then with Kemi's piece citing people like you. Was it Orwell that said you don't have to bribe British journalists because they'll do what you want anyway? It certainly helps if you stroke their egos.
Good luck on your substack break, Ed. I look forward to seeing what it produces.
Most journalists are immensely susceptible to flattery. Not me, of course, I'm better than that.
And thank you!
Thank you
"The emotional, pre-rational and mystical visual language of power was being replaced by a critical literate language." And this is the general standard of most comments that occur on other news sites: splenetic, subjective, fraught and instinctive rather than rational. And this trend is indulged and put on a pedestal by our modern media complex in the thirst for clicks, for views, and for virality.