Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Some Laws about Journalism: O'Sullivan, Robert Conquest Laws and the Scrapbook's First Law of Media

O’Sullivan’s law:
The law, formulated by British journalist and commentator John O’Sullivan in 1980s, states: “All organizations that are not actually right-wing will over time become left-wing." O'Sullivan was the policy and speech writer for Margaret Thatcher.
Robert Conquest Law : "The behavior of any organization can best be predicted on the assumption that it is headed by a secret cabal of its enemies.
"The Scrapbook's First Law of Media: "All publications that are not actually right-wing will over time become Salon."

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