Lang geleden schreef Friedrich Nietzsche:
Things of the highest value must have another, separate origin of their own -- they cannot be derived from this ephemeral, seductive, deceptive, lowly world, from this mad chaos of confusion and desire.
Of zoals het in de Nederlandse vertaling van Jenseits von Gut und Böse (1886) wordt weergegeven:
de dingen van hoogste waarde moeten een andere, eigen oorsprong hebben – uit deze vergankelijke, verleidelijke, misleidende, onbeduidende wereld, uit deze warboel van wanen en begeerten kan men ze niet afleiden!
Desondanks blijft zowel de massa als de intelligentsia geloven in de 'vergankelijke, verleidelijke, misleidende, onbeduidende wereld' van de media, politiek en het koninklijke huis. Vanochtend gaf The Guardian een treffend voorbeeld daarvan onder de kop:
'I'm done with this': Piers Morgan storms off Good Morning Britain – video
Piers Morgan stormed off the set of Good Morning Britain on Tuesday after his co-presenter, Alex Beresford, criticised the way he “continues to trash” the Duchess of Sussex.
His co-host, Susanna Reid, was forced to send the ITV show to an early break after the row boiled over and Morgan walked off live on air. Beresford called his behaviour “pathetic” and “diabolical”.
The pair had been discussing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired in the UK on Monday night, that threatens to have devastating repercussions for the reputation of the UK monarchy.
Among the most damning disclosures in the interview was the claim that a member of the royal household had asked Prince Harry about about how dark the skin tone of their baby son, Archie, would be.
Buckingham Palace is under mounting pressure to respond to the racism allegations in the interview, which Harry has made clear are not related to his grandparents, the Queen and Prince Philip.
In the exchange on Tuesday morning, Beresford noted the “overwhelming” amount of negative press Harry and Meghan have been subject to since they got engaged and the impact it has had on the couple’s mental health.
Speaking to Oprah, Meghan detailed how her mental health had deteriorated amid the barrage of negative press while she was pregnant and she said she had suicidal thoughts during that time and was afraid to be left alone.
In reference to Morgan’s previous claim that he used to speak to Meghan and she “dropped him” once she started dating Harry, the GMB weather presenter Beresford told him: “She’s entitled to cut you off if she wants to … yet you continue to trash her”.
Beresford said: “I understand that you don’t like Meghan Markle, you’ve made it so clear a number of times on this programme, and I understand you’ve got a personal relationship with Meghan Markle and she cut you off. Has she said anything about you since she cut you off? I don’t think she has but yet you continue to trash her...”
Morgan, 55, then stormed out of the studio, saying: “OK, I’m done with this, sorry, no, can’t do this.” Beresford called his behaviour “pathetic” and “diabolical”.
He added: “I’m sorry but Piers spouts off on a regular basis and we all have to sit there and listen, 6.30 to seven o’clock yesterday was incredibly hard to watch, incredibly hard to watch. This is, you know, he has the ability to come in here and talk from a position where he doesn’t fully understand.”
Morgan later returned to the set and the discussion of the Sussexes’ interview resumed.
The ITV chief executive, Carolyn McCall, said a senior executive at the broadcaster had talked to Morgan about his criticism of Meghan.
Morgan, a former CNN presenter, has previously criticised the couple and said they seek publicity on their own terms without the scrutiny that comes with the job.
McCall told reporters that Kevin Lygo, ITV’s director of television, had spoken to Morgan in recent days about his comments. She added that she has not spoken to Morgan or seen Tuesday morning’s programme yet, given that she has been presenting ITV’s annual figures.
She said ITV has many voices, was committed to supporting mental health and that the company could not control what he said on Twitter. “ITV has many voices and we try and represent many voices on ITV every day,” she said, insisting GMB was “a balanced show”. “It’s not about one opinion.”
Morgan’s comments that he did not believe Meghan’s disclosure that she had suicidal thoughts have drawn criticism from the mental health charity Mind, which said it was “concerned and disappointed” by them.
The charity said: “It’s vital that, when people reach out for support or share their experiences of ill mental health, they are treated with dignity, respect and empathy.”
McCall added: “I completely believe what she [Meghan] said. It’s important everyone does.”
Het was de Amerikaanse 'televisionhost' Bill O'Reilly die erop wees dat ‘in showbusiness, politiek en al het andere, perceptie de werkelijkheid is,’ terwijl eerder al Frank Zappa kort maar krachtig uiteenzette dat: 'Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.' Daarentegen zijn de Britse en Nederlandse commerciële pers er nog steeds niet van doordrongen dat een koninklijk huis in de 21ste eeuw domweg een vorm van amusement is. Mijn mainstream-collega's menen nog steeds dat deze poppenkast echt is, en laten zich daarom graag fêteren door de koninklijke figuranten van de amusementssector, en hechten daar een hogere waarde aan die het vorstenhuis van nature niet bezit, zoals de ware intelligentsia al in de negentiende eeuw besefte.
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