A former editor of the New Statesman and Independent on Sunday was revealed as a paedophile. It hasn't really made the headlines or roused the columnists to rage.
I might be a tad weird but I cannot fathom those who seem capable of writing convincingly and eloquently (relatively speaking) on important topics yet are hiding their own proclivities that are 180 degrees distant. How does that work? What kind of wiring is involved?
It's so interesting that the BBC story starts with "a man", the slightly fancier version of "some guy". While he probably is to the relatively young reporter who wrote the story, her management had to have known that they were minimizing what should be a weighty media story with the breezy local bulletin style.
No, it's a good point. And you're right to say that the journalist assigned to it is probably young and not particularly attuned to how big a story it should be.
Thanks Mic - important to have such a clear set of eyes on this - really good work.
I might be a tad weird but I cannot fathom those who seem capable of writing convincingly and eloquently (relatively speaking) on important topics yet are hiding their own proclivities that are 180 degrees distant. How does that work? What kind of wiring is involved?
I think it's about a level of self-deception, basically.
And...presumably, little sense of guilt and no sense of shame.
It's so interesting that the BBC story starts with "a man", the slightly fancier version of "some guy". While he probably is to the relatively young reporter who wrote the story, her management had to have known that they were minimizing what should be a weighty media story with the breezy local bulletin style.
This is basically a repeat of what you wrote but somehow I'm always freshly amazed when I click on the links and it's as bad as you say.
No, it's a good point. And you're right to say that the journalist assigned to it is probably young and not particularly attuned to how big a story it should be.