I’ve spent the better part of my working life as a photo-journalist specialising in certain parts of the Middle East but, despite what I witnessed, I could console myself with the knowledge that there were parts of the world where rationality and tolerance prevailed.
Now we have the likes of Putin in Moscow (Gorbachev’s ideals of glasnost and perestroika are long gone), Nigel Farage in the UK, Marine Le Pen in France, Geert Wilders in The Netherlands, Frauke Petry in Germany, and the front runner of far-right populist clap trap, Donald Trump in the White House.
Seriously, what the hell is happening to our world!
Photos taken at the Casa Pound rally in Rome, May 2016.
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Hey, several of those people aren't in power yet, and may yet never be. Don't give up hope yet. On a slightly different note, as a person hoping to get into journalism, I'd love to hear more from you.
@Stefanv: i don't disagree. but that's what always happens.
people have this notion that journalists (and the media in general) are supposed to be paragons of virtue. they are not. they are fallible human beings just like the rest of us. and, just like the rest of us, they have agendas and motives and wants and needs.
when i was just starting out in my career path, a lecturer told me to read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. that book taught me lessons that are as true today as when it was written in 1943 and when i first read it all those years ago.
@room101: maybe so but why does journalism always seem to promote the negatives and not the positives. How often do Trumps supporters in the rust belt get interviewed compared with anti trump supporters, for instance? Same happened here and still does with Brexit supporters !
@Stefanv: i would argue that the pros and antis get interviewed all the time and, those interviews are published. the problem is with us, the audience.
it's called confirmation bias.
a couple of months before the Brexit Referendum, i went to a seminar hosted by one of our major banks here in the UK. it was attended by all sorts of very accomplished, very intelligent people in the world of finance. i lost count of how many of the were moaning about a lack of "real" information on the topic. i suggested a whole raft of credible articles published in prestigious newspapers, magazines and journals. they all looked at me as if i was babbling to them in Greek.
