Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament.

I felt like poisoning a monk.

I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to believe and developing the habit of believing.

Is it possible to say "It was a beautiful morning at the end of November" without feeling like Snoopy?

Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.

A newspaper can follow the compulsions, the desires of the readers. Take the English evening newspapers - they are following the readers' desires when they are interested only in the royal family gossip. But even the most objective, serious newspaper in the world designs the way in which the reader could or should think. That's unavoidable.

What we honor as prudence in our elders is simply panic in action.