MotherFatherSon (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.4 (2019)

Sarah Lancashire: Angela Howard

Quotes 

• Max Finch : I parted ways with an editor of mine once, terrific guy. I had to let him go. Under his stewardship, sometimes the paper criticised the government, sometimes it praised the government. I said, "Wait, wait a minute. This is confusing. Which side are you on?" He says to me, "The side of truth. And truth is uneven, unpredictable." And I went, "Wait, no, no, no, wait a minute! No that is not truth. It's a brand of truth, it's a brand elite intellectuals like to buy." Now, if we were selling to those folks, we'd be perfectly fine, but we weren't. We were selling to people who wanted certainty, who wanted continuity, they wanted to know who their enemies were. They want to pick up the paper and feel comfortable. You know, like they were with an extraordinary old friend.

  Angela Howard : What did he say?

  Max Finch : He said it sounded like propaganda. What do you think it sounds like?

  Angela Howard : Sounds fine to me.