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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The time of monsters': everyone is quoting Gramsci but what did he actually say?

At a time when geopolitical certainties of old are crumbling away, it has become the go-to quote to make sense of the current moment in all its seeming senselessness. The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters is a line attributed to the former Italian Communist party leader Antonio Gramsci. Over the last two months alone, it has been quoted and often mangled by a rightwing Belgian prime minister, a leftwing British political leader, an Irish central banker and in the title of the most recent BBC Reith lecture, given by the author Rutger Bregman.
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5 months ago

BBC Apologizes to ANOTHER Politician for Incorrectly' Quoting Him as Trump Seeks Damages From Media Org

The BBC issued multiple apologies after incorrectly quoting politicians, including Rupert Lowe and President Trump, prompting criticism and calls to defund the broadcaster.
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