Media: ”Twittering Fools”!

ALLMÄNHETEN: Edward Docx har skrivit en rolig artikel om alla oinformerade åsikter som i tid och otid skall vädras i dagens samhälls- och debattprogram.

Dessa är för det mesta inte bara ointressanta utan tar också upp värdefull tid på bekostnad av riktiga experter som verkligen har studerat ett ämne.

Hans erfarenheter skulle lika väl kunna passa in på svenska förhållanden.

[Y]ou must either endure the misery of millions of atrociously ill-informed opinions or sit in solitary silence that is filled only with a feverish internalized loathing for your fellow citizens. (…) All genres of television now contain an abysmal segment during which the anchor or host reads out a series of inane views from variously mad people with an inexplicable surplus of time and self-regard. (…)

When I turn on the radio or the television, or when I open a book or a newspaper, what I want is an expert. I want insightful commentary. I want stylistic elegance. I want eloquence. I want uninterrupted expertise.

I’m simply not interested in what the public thinks. Nobody is, except pollsters and marketing research agencies (and they only do it for the money). Not even the public is interested in what the public thinks. That’s why they are listening to the radio and not stopping to inquire of one another in the street. (…)

In my world, there will be no phoning, texting, tweeting, or e-mailing in. There will be no ”feedback”. Nobody will be able to ”join the debate.” Viewers will not be allowed to vote. Instead, the only people allowed to appear, speak, or write will be experts – men and women who have devoted substantial parts of their lives to the intricacies of the subjects at hand.

Ett fyrfaldigt leve för Edward Docx. Han leve…