God the mere mention of Stewart, Campbell and Maitlis make me shudder. The latter two are especially stupid. Campbell does NO research for his podcast. He just refers to the odd snippet he's read in the Metro that morning. And Stewart of "I have lovely Muslim friends so Islam is lovely in all its forms" he's a slithery worm who fails to see any nuance and just moans when people pick on him, like a child. Maitlis is just stupid all round.
I'm inclined to think that age might be another factor. Because my generation got used to hearing the views of Maitlis, Sopel etc on the telly over several decades, they lazily pick a podcast with these "big" names. I'd be surprised if the same could be said of the younger generation.
This reminds me of the tactics used by 'scientific' researchers who apply each other's research in a loop, or echo chamber.
I can't describe the systematic approach well, but its written about very eloquently in the Glinner review.
Basically, a group if elites peddle their ideological ideas and 'findings' and give credence to those ideas by citing them.in each other's journals, giving the impression that the research is factual. No independent researchers get the chance to critique the ideas because they can't get published.
Its a classic case of gaslighting the public.
The sad thing is, it undermines the public's trust in science (and also politics.)
God the mere mention of Stewart, Campbell and Maitlis make me shudder. The latter two are especially stupid. Campbell does NO research for his podcast. He just refers to the odd snippet he's read in the Metro that morning. And Stewart of "I have lovely Muslim friends so Islam is lovely in all its forms" he's a slithery worm who fails to see any nuance and just moans when people pick on him, like a child. Maitlis is just stupid all round.
I'm inclined to think that age might be another factor. Because my generation got used to hearing the views of Maitlis, Sopel etc on the telly over several decades, they lazily pick a podcast with these "big" names. I'd be surprised if the same could be said of the younger generation.
This reminds me of the tactics used by 'scientific' researchers who apply each other's research in a loop, or echo chamber.
I can't describe the systematic approach well, but its written about very eloquently in the Glinner review.
Basically, a group if elites peddle their ideological ideas and 'findings' and give credence to those ideas by citing them.in each other's journals, giving the impression that the research is factual. No independent researchers get the chance to critique the ideas because they can't get published.
Its a classic case of gaslighting the public.
The sad thing is, it undermines the public's trust in science (and also politics.)