(Myself, my letter-writing activism took a nosedive when I got into an on-line brawl with a letters/opinion editor of a main daily over his publishing choices regarding the coming Iraq War - and didn't improve after later exchanges with on-line journals' editors. FT may be turning into a full-time 'Anglo-Saxon' propagandist, but still retains traces of a journalistic sense for objectivism.) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Totally seconded. I sometimes feel uncomfortable when Jérôme's meta-coverage turns the FT into the worst of evils the press ever produced.
Besides, my guess is that if Le Monde was an English language newspaper, it would be an excellent source for ranting-and-deconstructing articles. By such standards, even the most remote oil resources would be depleted before Le Monde. When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
when Jérôme's meta-coverage turns the FT into the worst of evils the press ever produced.
Would you care to substantiate that? In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
Certain of their articles have been terrible though. I rather got the impression that part of his annoyance is that he expects better from the FT: certainly that's my opinion. You don't call someone unprofessional unless you expect professionalism from them.