Richard Miniter

Because I was reading in pushback of This Is Wrong and PBS were giving me fake news, as it were,

But I was reading that particularly in Spain and Britain, that censorship, the moment the Gutenberg press started to be used, the moment it was used to challenge authority, was the moment the authorities, basically Crown and Church, went, I think we need to take a hold of this.

And it's such a good point.

And yet at the same time, I do have empathy for platforms like YouTube during the pandemic, where you had conspiracy theories like David Icke going, 4G causing COVID, for example, which we all know to be ludicrous, apart from a very sizable minority of people, some of whom burned down 4G towers or destroyed them or whatever else.

You know what's so interesting is that we went from the model you described until very recently, you know, that Roman model, which was here is the approved news, you know, we're going to give it to you and everybody else, you know, it's going to calm people down because they feel they've got the facts.

All of a sudden, I don't know about you, Richard, and I don't know if Constantine feels this way, I kind of feel like I've been in a relationship with somebody and I've just realized they've been lying to me.

And not only have they been lying to me now, they've been relying throughout the entire relationship.

So I'm now in the position, and I think a lot of people are, where I'm like, you say this, is it true?

Can I believe you?

Look, I'm in agreement with you, but let's take that relationship metaphor.

Betrayal, it kind of, look, the point you make is true, but let's say you've been in a marriage for 30 years.

It's really happy, and one day your partner cheats on you.

That is a fundamental breaking of the trust relationship.

And many times, it doesn't matter what's happened in the 28 years previous.

If the two years during that time, they've been off shagging the secretary, it's incredibly difficult to go, you know what?

I'm now going to go back to the previous 28 years.

In many ways, you can't do it.

You have to have a new relationship with media.

One of my goals for 2026 is to feel in control of my money.

Less stress, clearer goals, and no more wondering where it goes at the end of the month.