Journalism was never any good!

I’m still loving the Orwell diaries. Reading about the early days of the war, day by day, is fantastic.

However, the shock has been how little has changed over the years. This sounds true of the papers today…

“The New Leader[4] is now talking about the “betrayal” by Pétain and Co. and the “workers’ struggle” against Hitler. Presumably they would be in favour of a “worker’s” resistance if Hitler invaded England. And what will the workers fight with? With weapons. Yet the I.L.P. clamour simultaneously for sabotage in the arms factories. These people live almost entirely in a masturbation fantasy, conditioned by the fact that nothing they say or do will ever influence events, not even the turning-out of a single shell.”

27.6.40 « THE ORWELL PRIZE.

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The French defeat…

“Considerable excitement today over the French surrender, and people everywhere to be heard discussing it.”

17.6.40 « THE ORWELL PRIZE

A lot has been written about the French football team basically giving up. However, I’ve not seen anyone notice the date. It was the 70th anniversary of the surrender of France in World War II.

I’m almost disappointed by The Sun.

Property listings in Google

“But I wonder how long it will be before we see the same being made available for French property listings and what impact that will have on many of the estate agency businesses in France?”

via Property listings added to Google UK Maps, France next?: This French Life

How about since last year?
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