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Now is a wonderful time to read these words of Wisdom of PG https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1278678974500147202 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1278678974500
by sremani 6y ago
Now is a wonderful time to read these words of Wisdom of PG
https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1278678974500147202 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1278678974500147202
"Journalists used to have a monopoly on the news. This power bred restraint; whatever their private feelings, they avoided overt personal attacks. Now this power and the consequent restraint are both evaporating. Now they're just Twitter users."
- amadeuspagel 6y agoPower doesn't breed restraint.
- dylan604 6y agoyeah, that seems like such an odd comment to make. power corrupts. absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoIt can. As anyone who's been in a leadership position can tell you, having formal power imposes informal but very real constraints on what you can say and do.
- twic 6y agoYeah, these words of, well, whatever they are, are both illogical and ahistorical - journalists have been making personal attacks since the dawn of the field.
- RandoHolmes 6y agoIt doesn't seem odd to me. Whether you agree with it or not, the idea that an industry recognizes their power and respects it doesn't seem that outlandish. Maybe you're the part of the problem?