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I'm reading a satire by Ben Elton called Identity Crisis. It's about political correctness and the hashtag culture. Obviously it's exaggerated for effect but I recognised at least one of the story lines as a genuine one from a year or so ago. There's also a public relations company who do very much what Cambridge Analytica did, and the Russians are involved too, as some people think they were in the election of Trump.
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Oh what a nice article.
To think it's 24 years old, and so relevant.
Somehow reminds me of Hypernormalisation.
Quote:
Here and there, economics faculties, journalists, essayists and, finally, politicians repeat the key commandments of these new stone tablets and, via the mainstream media, reiterate them ad nauseam, knowing perfectly well that in our mediatised society, repetition equals proof.
You already mentioned Le Monde Diplomatique earlier, and I'm trying to remember why it is so familiar. Maybe some place I used to frequent long ago had an abonnement and I have read quite a few articles, leaving a distinct impression of ultra high quality independent journalism. I seem to remember they have (or at least had) a German translation.
I seem to remember they have (or at least had) a German translation.
“German
Germany. Monthly and monthly supplement in the daily Die tageszeitung, Friedrichstraße 21, 10969 Berlin. Circulation: 80,000. Internet site: www.monde-diplomatique.de
Switzerland. Monthly supplement in the WochenZeitung, Hardturmstrasse 66, 8031 Zurich. Circulation: 20,000. Internet site: www.woz.ch/lmd/aktuell”
But I have to admit, that I do not like the presentation on the German Web-site. If you look at the side-bar on the left, under „Zeitung“:
Aktuelle Ausgabe
Audio
Comics
Kunst
This looks terribly generic and at the same time terribly „German“. There is no archive and all the qualities of the newspaper or the original French site are absent.
Last edited by Michael Uplawski; 09-12-2019 at 02:05 PM.
Cecil Scott Forester: « Retour à bon port » (probably “The happy return”)
Keywords: Natividad, El Supremo, Gregory Peck, Lydia, ... Lady Wellesley
The first time that I read Forester in French. At age 12 or so, I got a nice German translation of “The Commodore” and “The Lord“ in one single hard-cover, then read some of paperback editions either in English or German, as they came along...
Now, a cousin of my wife told her that a certain French editor only publishes “great” books, all are worth reading. So she went searching for these books and bought one. At home, I was astonished... she had hated the BBC-Series with Ioan Gruffudd... « You bought that ?»
« Yes, should be a good read, according to S. »
« For me ?»
« Why ? OH NO!! It's Hornblower !!»
Cool...
Last edited by Michael Uplawski; 09-14-2019 at 12:46 AM.
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