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poliphilo There was a time when I could identify all the major figures in world politics and rather looked down on anyone who couldn't but since I stopped mainlining mainstream media my ability to put names and identities to faces has declined. This morning I was scanning a cartoon by the Guardian's Martin Rowson- who I used to like a lot- and I could identify the US president and little Bibi and took a punt on a third character being Pete Hegseth but there were two other people in the frame- both female- and I hadn't the foggiest who either of them were. Also there was a dog. Now what the fuck was the dog supposed to represent?
Talking about mainstream media I see the Telegraph- my parents' pablum of choice- has been bought by a German. There was a time when this would have mattered- and the retired colonels of Tunbridge Wells would have been fulminating- but who cares about the Telegraph now?
Or, indeed, cares about any of the newspapers that were once so powerful? Maybe the Mail still has some heft. Maybe.....
Talking about mainstream media I see the Telegraph- my parents' pablum of choice- has been bought by a German. There was a time when this would have mattered- and the retired colonels of Tunbridge Wells would have been fulminating- but who cares about the Telegraph now?
Or, indeed, cares about any of the newspapers that were once so powerful? Maybe the Mail still has some heft. Maybe.....
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