Friday, July 29, 2016
RIP Doyle
The BBC obit for Jerry Doyle shows what happens when you commit heresy.
Doyle ran through several careers. Most important in cultural terms was his radio show. He was the first talker to MEANINGFULLY expose the frauds and crimes of Wall Street, because he had been there in an earlier career. He knew how the place worked, so he was able to interpret the events of 2008 from a professional but not NDA approach.
All the other talkers were obeying their NDAs, sticking to the standard Doublethink. When Bush committed TARP, he was saving the country. When Obama continued TARP, he was killing the country. Doyle skipped the party labels, providing a firm compass point for his listeners. He also leaked the inner workings of the talk-show racket, describing how talkers are required to carry RNC messages and endorse RNC candidates as the price for speaking freely on other subjects.
BBC's obit skips the heretical part of his career entirely. He was a sci-fi actor and that's all.
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