Jan Šinágl angažovaný občan, nezávislý publicista

Trois courts articles sur la façon dont l'opinion publique est manipulée. Écrit par le psychiatre Igor Ulč, MD. Ils sont destinés à une diffusion publique, alors qu'ils soient diffusés. J.Š.

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Ce qui est vrai pour les politiciens et les organes du pouvoir politique l'est aussi pour les individus. Le gain personnel est masqué par des objectifs et une morale plus élevés, sans parler des villages Potemkine idéologiques. Il faut toutefois noter que le bénéfice personnel de l'individu est un ensemble plus large de fins et de moyens autosatisfaisants que le bénéfice au niveau politique, entendons par là le pouvoir, le contrôle d'un groupe plus ou moins important, donc des États et des pays.

 The management has taken a swipe at the CT reporters. The new head of Czech Television, Jan Souček, stressed in several interviews after his arrival that he would keep an eye on the Czech Television Reporters programme. As it seems, this is now actually happening. A few days ago, editor Ondřej Stratilík was dismissed from the programme. The reason for this was allegedly his trip to Sweden for a report, when the travel and accommodation for the public journalist was paid for by the Swedish Arms Association.

Stratilík was told by his superiors on 9 November that he should immediately stop all the reports he had distributed to CT reporters.

Wollner said it was most important for CT not to advertise the company in question. "We set that as a condition of the trip in advance, that we would not mention any of their products in any way. We told ourselves that we were going to make a political, military-political travelogue in a region that closely borders Russia across the sea."

At the same time, he stressed that the reportage is morally absolutely unquestionable. "There is nothing to question about the reportage. The problem is that Mr. Stratilík started doing a report on Mr. Strnad some time ago. Mr Strnad undoubtedly contacted the management of Czech Television, so the management of the television station did not delay, started looking for a year-old report and Mr Stratilík was, how shall I put it, well, fired from Reporters and offered a completely undignified job."

Three short articles on how public opinion is manipulated. Written by psychiatrist Igor Ulč, MD. They are intended for public dissemination, so let them be disseminated. J.Š.

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What is true for politicians and political power bodies is also true for individuals. Personal gain is obscured by higher goals and higher morals, not to mention ideological Potemkin villages. It must be noted, however, that the personal benefit of the individual is a broader set of self-satisfying ends and means than is the benefit at the level of political, let us understand power, control of a larger or smaller group, hence of states and countries.