From Izabella Kaminska's The Blind Spot, February 28:
....Hindsight watch:
- Investors are apparently shocked about Russia’s attack on Ukraine roiled markets – FT. (Small
plug for The Blind Spot here since my concerns about escalating
geopolitical tensions didn’t get much resonance in my other life. The
compartmentalisation in old school media prevents informed parties in
the wrong division from being able to voice concerns or insights —
however informed — as everything must go through the approved
correspondent channel. If that correspondent has a different view, well…
they’ll come down on you like a tonne of bricks for muddying the
picture. With hindsight I think some media establishments have been on a
de facto Brackenian war-footing for a long time now. Those who subscribed to my original newsletter would have read this on Feb 6 though:
Feb 6 doesn’t seem that long ago, and in hindsight the above doesn’t seem so crazy. But I want to remind readers that even on Feb 6, the idea of starting an official WW3 Watch in any respectable newspaper would have been met with rolling eyes by senior editors.
....MUCH MUCH MORE
