It was rather shocking to see the panellists (a former Cabinet minister, an eminent lawyer, a TV personality, and a press commentator) all nod in nonchalant agreement at the proposition, and I immediately abandoned the role of impartial invigilator to take issue with them.
There was nothing downbeat about the Dutchman in defeat but he definitely saved the spikier side of his personality for the press, who pushed him on how urgently reinforcements were needed.
Granted he has no personality with the press, has a short fuse with handshakes with better coaches whose names rhyme with Smarbaugh, and throws challenge-flags that negate touchdowns -- but it's not his fault that Nick Fairley and his little buddy Ndamukong Suh get penalized as soon as they floss their teeth.
The emphasis on his personality in the press, the way he is referred to as Xi Dada (Big Daddy Xi) and the fact that books by and about him fill bookstores all seem like throwbacks to Mao's time in power (1949-1976).
Facts will surely take second place to personalities, as the press presentation of the Gove-Cameron differences over legality and migration proved on Thursday.
What does it mean for posh people to be designing social housing?" They describe their fictional character – developed through a close reading of architectural personalities in the press – with a mixture of pity and contempt.
It is easier to focus on personalities, so the financial press like to talk about the leadership of great CEOs.
The electronics trade magazines are, as always, more interested in products than personalities; and the business press almost always prefers to cover short-term trends and breaking stories.
Personality disorders receive very little press coverage, but to their victims, they are no less severe.
