Sir Simon David Jenkins FSA FRSL (born 10 June 1943) is a British author and a newspaper columnist and editor. He was editor of the Evening Standard from 1976 to 1978 and of The Times from 1990 to 1992.
Jenkins chaired the National Trust from 2008 to 2014. He currently writes columns for The Guardian.
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“Platforms are not just planks of wood. They are theatres of access to the ears and eyes of the public. As such they must inevitably be orchestrated by producers, directors, editors: the hidden persuaders, the selectors and choosers. Editing is censorship by any other name. It is culling, shaping and conduiting opinion in conformity to the outlook of some, usually unrevealed, arbiter.”
