Wise words about the modern media

Guess who said (almost) this today about the difficulties of getting good (or even just non-bad) news published or broadcast by our 21st century media:

“If all that [people] are hearing is bad stories then their perception is likely to be bad.......The way public debate is conducted now, it’s just the way it is – there is never any sense of balance. There is no problem that isn’t a crisis and no difficulty that isn’t a catastrophe - and if it’s not a crisis or a catastrophe it doesn’t exist....”


How very true don’t you think Motty? Oh yes indeed, very much so......

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