It’s an interesting read. But at the risk of sounding like an old fart, the amount of tinny loudspeaker sodcasting and groups of people gathering around Bluetooth speakers would suggest music is in the cultural space with or without our consent. Which is kind of how it should be

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Oh look. They’ve just invented an AI “reviewer 2”

I didn’t really want to heart that but I I felt I needed to leave a mark in the same way it did!

I think that he believes the current situation is the wedge he needs to make it work.

Jenrick and the right got such an easy ride given his recent track record. How helpful for social cohesion is climbing up ladders and flag hanging!

You could have asked each of them the same questions. Made the same criticisms. It’s an own goal for journalism whilst trying to score points.

I think the best reflection of this in the uk is the Sunday morning cycle. A decreasing number of increasingly bigger sharks swimming in a smaller pond.

It’s not about being seen to inform but simply being seen. The news machine in some quarters has come to believe it is like a shark - if it’s not moving, it will die.

It’s clear this is not because there is an agenda. It’s precisely because there isn’t one. We have a core of reactive and so thoughtless, political reporting that can’t keep pace with events.