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honestly though imagine if british public life wasn't dominated by imbeciles https://twitter.com/NJ_Timothy/status/1337065870305189888
the only qualities you need to succeed in British media are:
1. being born to the right people (e.g. your Corens, your Rifkinds)
2. sucking up to the right people (e.g. Matthew D'Ancona)
3. being willing to spout reactionary bullshit on TV for a flat fee (e.g. Brendan O'Neill)
1. being born to the right people (e.g. your Corens, your Rifkinds)
2. sucking up to the right people (e.g. Matthew D'Ancona)
3. being willing to spout reactionary bullshit on TV for a flat fee (e.g. Brendan O'Neill)
this, just maybe, just possibly, might be why our public sphere does not produce debate of particularly high quality
this (excellent) thread has been rattling around in my brain for a few days. it cites Ed Yong's amazing coronavirus coverage in the Atlantic, which is work of scope and ambition that almost doesn't exist in this country https://twitter.com/stephenburanyi/status/1336353110277513217
except for the FT and occasionally (sort of) the Guardian, where in the UK do you find work like this? who would write it? which editors would commission and publish it? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/
