Thursday, 20th of October, 2005

A couple of weeks ago John Doyle (aka Roy Slaven, but oh so much more) delivered a wonderful Andrew Olle Media Lecture, which you can read in full here.
Here's a tasty quote that just about says it all:

The sadness of today is that the truths are still with us, sitting side by side with uninformed nonsense. Do we need to revisit through individual work contracts the factory life of Dickens for collective bargaining to grow again? And while ever the media allows truth to be bended, more old battles are going to have to be re-won. Humans are not related to chimps. Astrology has answers. There is no connection between Iraq and the increase in terrorism. The earth is flat. The holocaust never happened. To be born in poverty is your own fault. A society is safer when human rights are compromised. There is no such thing as greenhouse gases. Certain races are not as intelligent as others.

There's plenty more to chew on, though: well worth a read, or a listen if you're so inclined (the transcript's a bit lacking anyway, punctuation-wise at least…)

One Response to “John Doyle talks about stuff”

1. Hannah says:
   October 28th, 2005 at 12:15 pm

   Thanks for blogging that, Peter. Charming and rewarding.