Fifth Element Golgo on why so many people think Britské Listy is leftist and how come many of them fell to populists’ siren songs
Last week, Jan Čulík brought together the three musketeers of Britské Listy - Karel Dolejší, Bohumil Kartous and Boris Cvek - to discuss on video the reasons they believe so many people wrongly perceive the Britské listy as a communist or at least very left-wing opinion website. As the fifth element of the BL team - I've been publishing articles here since 2000, making me a veteran who has been part of it longer than most Musketeers - I'd like to give my "professional" view on this matter. Professional because it's not just based on my guesswork, I'm a seasoned and highly experienced media professional who has successfully led 14 magazines and 2 newspapers from the bottom to the top of the market. Over the years (2004, 2010, 2018, 2021) I have also promoted several researches about BL using anthropological methods to measure the tastes of its audience and the reasons why people read it. And that's a matter that doesn't fit into an 18-minute discussion video of four people, so forgive me for offering an extensive thesis on the matter. Like an article in the New Yorker or Vanity Fair, this one will be long and will address not-so-obvious aspects of the issue.