Good news is no news

Long ago I used to read Time magazine every week; I liked to be kept informed about what was happening round the world, in an objective and concise fashion.

Then I began to realise how inaccurate its coverage of the Northern Ireland troubles was, and my doubts began to grow. If its Irish coverage is inaccurate, I surmised, the rest of its reports may be inaccurate as well. But flaws and lack of …