I never thought ET was a power or thought itself a power

Thought wrong.

We're a Legend in our own Mind.

LOL

People have written Letters to the Editor and Op-Ed pieces, Jerome for one, as a "contributor to" or "editor of" European Tribune with no vetting.  Back a couple of years ago a consensus was reached that people should get an OK (at least from Jerome who pays all the bills for this thing) before presenting themselves as speaking for "European Tribune."

Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere