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| John Mappin, Irina Mappin and Ted| Stourton at birthday celebration for President of Kazakhstan held at Camelot Castle |
Indeed, some sections of the media are actually a big part of the problem. Others on the other hand actually get busy DOING something to make the world a bit more tolerable for the rest of us.
John Mappin falls very emphatically in the latter category. Arguably the pioneer of positive news reporting, he has firmly established himself as a true prophet of a major paradigm shift in the media.
This has taken some considerable steadiness of nerve in an industry that long ago sold its soul and abandoned its responsibility towards the culture in which it operates for a preoccupation with peddling bad news and alarm and the slanting of information as a means of manipulating opinion, itself a sophisticated form of population control.
John Mappin is committed to using the media as a tool to improve understanding, on the premise that people do not need to be slyly controlled, demoralised or told how bad it all is, nor assailed by a torrent of problems unaccompanied by any solutions.
John Mappin is committed to using the media as a tool to improve understanding, on the premise that people do not need to be slyly controlled, demoralised or told how bad it all is, nor assailed by a torrent of problems unaccompanied by any solutions.
His view is that there is far more that is RIGHT about the world than is wrong with it, far more that is right about people than is wrong about them. For every act of cruelty, there are a thousand kindnesses, for every man who hates there are a hundred who wish only to get along with their fellows, for every liar there are a hundred honest men. Yet, a glance at the daily news would convince us, falsely, that all the good qualities are in scant supply.
A decent world cannot be built upon what is wrong with Man, but his rightnesses can be built upon and expanded.
Equally, one cannot liberate Man by giving him false information, nor with information slanted so as to drive him down into fear, hopelessness and despair.
No cynic or pessimist ever built anything, because the cynic and pessimist does not even get started and are defeated, in their own mind, before they begin.
A sure way to cow and defeat a nation is to turn it into a nation of pessimists who see nothing but futility on every hand.
This, in large measure, is the control operation that is being run on us at this time and Mappin holds the view that society and survival are in grave danger when false reporting or slanted data are used to justify an unsound government agendum - or in fact the agendum of some corporate, psychiatric or other vested interest that influences government policy for its own advantage. The Media becomes a dangerous weapon when it operates at the behest of vested interests.
John Mappin sees positive news reporting as the way to redress the balance, to revolutionize the control operation known as the Media so that people are reminded that there is much that is right about them - far more than is wrong - to focus and expand upon the decencies, heroism, ingenuity, help and industriousness inherent in Man and upon which all worthwhile societies are built.
John Mappin sees positive news reporting as the way to redress the balance, to revolutionize the control operation known as the Media so that people are reminded that there is much that is right about them - far more than is wrong - to focus and expand upon the decencies, heroism, ingenuity, help and industriousness inherent in Man and upon which all worthwhile societies are built.
And he rightly observes that these are issues that concern us all.
The arrival of this new breed of media baron, men who take seriously the responsibilities of their position for making a constructive contribution to the society to which they belong, is to be welcomed.
John Mappin is also well know for his patronage of the arts and his innovative cultural project based at Camelot Castle, the remarkbly restored Cornish hotel that he owns and which stands in "King Arthur" country at Tintagel.
Camelot Castle Hotel is now an international focal point for members of the celebrity and media worlds. In fact, in the best Arthurian tradition, Camelot has become a global Round Table where decisions are made.
Of Camelot, resident artist, the renowned Ted Stourton said, "John Mappin and his wife Irina contribute a huge amount . . . They offer their home as a base for debate about issues concerning local and national media."
Nicolas Cage, Kate Winslet, Buzz Aldrin, Donald Pleasence, the Emir of Quatar, key business leaders, politicians and even a Russian Oil Orlich, have all enjoyed visits and talked into the small hours at Camelot Castle.
John Mappin is no stranger to sticking his neck out and making a stand and to hell with the slings and arrows of outraged vested interests, having worked on a newspaper, which, at the time, was one of the very few in this country to make a brave stand against the pressured political cries for an invasion of Afghanistan.
Under Tony Blair, most major newspapers and indeed old school ‘press barons' toed the line and printed the lie. Now look at what has resulted!
To find out more about John Mappin and the real Camelot Castle Hotel, follow these links below:
The arrival of this new breed of media baron, men who take seriously the responsibilities of their position for making a constructive contribution to the society to which they belong, is to be welcomed.
John Mappin is also well know for his patronage of the arts and his innovative cultural project based at Camelot Castle, the remarkbly restored Cornish hotel that he owns and which stands in "King Arthur" country at Tintagel.
Camelot Castle Hotel is now an international focal point for members of the celebrity and media worlds. In fact, in the best Arthurian tradition, Camelot has become a global Round Table where decisions are made.
Of Camelot, resident artist, the renowned Ted Stourton said, "John Mappin and his wife Irina contribute a huge amount . . . They offer their home as a base for debate about issues concerning local and national media."
Nicolas Cage, Kate Winslet, Buzz Aldrin, Donald Pleasence, the Emir of Quatar, key business leaders, politicians and even a Russian Oil Orlich, have all enjoyed visits and talked into the small hours at Camelot Castle.
John Mappin is no stranger to sticking his neck out and making a stand and to hell with the slings and arrows of outraged vested interests, having worked on a newspaper, which, at the time, was one of the very few in this country to make a brave stand against the pressured political cries for an invasion of Afghanistan.
Under Tony Blair, most major newspapers and indeed old school ‘press barons' toed the line and printed the lie. Now look at what has resulted!
To find out more about John Mappin and the real Camelot Castle Hotel, follow these links below:
