Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. Samuel Johnson
I've argued before that we don't have newspapers any more, we have opinion-papers - they are all 'editorial' with only dubious relation to reality. From Dominic Frisby's YouTube we should perhaps qualify that further... we now have careerist opinion-papers. From 'all the news that's fit to print' to 'all the news that fits' perhaps?
DJ - yes, if they publish anything it must have a purpose and informing people accurately is never an adequate purpose. Some beneficial allegiance must be reinforced, veracity on its own doesn't make it as a beneficial allegiance.
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I've argued before that we don't have newspapers any more, we have opinion-papers - they are all 'editorial' with only dubious relation to reality.
From Dominic Frisby's YouTube we should perhaps qualify that further... we now have careerist opinion-papers.
From 'all the news that's fit to print' to 'all the news that fits' perhaps?
DJ - yes, if they publish anything it must have a purpose and informing people accurately is never an adequate purpose. Some beneficial allegiance must be reinforced, veracity on its own doesn't make it as a beneficial allegiance.
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