Marina Hyde
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I think the sort of aim of it, whether or not you think they're doing it right and whether or not you think that actually is their aim or it's kind of a covert thing for interference, I think the aim of it is good to try and create something that more than 20% of people ever are going to think is trustworthy.
And it doesn't sort of matter if you have got bigger ratings than you had before because other things have fallen away.
You're still, as you say, the ice cube is not a terrible analogy.
No, and actually going round...
in high profile as Scott Pelley's doing now going around high profile broadcast slots and literally crying about things yeah it's like oh my god you are absolutely not helping even the thing you think you're helping he actually said at one point I think the headlines will just be about me crying and people saying I'm a lunatic well he called it he's a good journalist 60 Minutes is back on air in September they are currently scrabbling around to get the sort of
Yes, I have.
I've got a really good novel, which is coming out this week.
It's called Experts in a Dying Field.
And it's by Patrick Frayn.
Now, Patrick Frayn is a very funny writer for the Irish Times.
And this is very good for our entertainment podcast.
This is a story about the members of a band, the Heathens, who were active in Dublin about sort of 20 years before the
events of this story and but tragedy struck and they sort of scatter and then they reconnect um and it's about that i mean it's about bands it's about the music scene and it's a lot of it is about dublin and it's really annoying i know it's really annoying when people say oh it made me laugh and it made me cry but it made me laugh a lot out loud and it absolutely made me cry and he's got such humanity patrick fray and i absolutely loved it so
It's called Experts in a Dying Field.
And our bonus episode for our members, which you can join at therestisentertainment.com, I'm talking to James Canagas for a minute.
It's about how a celebrity could make a run for office, even within our political system now, and generally about celebrity politicians, what they bring, and how we're going to see much, much more of them in the future.
See you on Thursday.