Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Alistair Campbell just won't let it lie. Months after his friends acquited him of any wrongdoing in using the Government to fight his own little war against the BBC over a report which no-one would have remembered if he hadn't complained and which ended in doing immense damage to his boss and causing the tragic death of a man, Mr Pot refers to the darkness of Mr Kettle while insisting he himself is painted the most brilliant white.
The media and not politicians are responsible for 90% of what is commonly called "spin", former Downing Street press chief Alastair Campbell has said.
"Who's responsible? The media fucking are." As the Manics didn't once sing. There's an element of truth in this, as every policy David Blunkett comes up with is aimed at those who read the Daily Mail but this sob story would be more believable if New Labour didn't pander to the media from their inception. And let's not forget that 'spin' is the language you use to describe a policy and, considering that most reports tend to quote a government source directly it's not the fault of the media if the public don't believe the spin of the Government. Perhaps they might if the Government weren't shown to lie so much?
The media and not politicians are responsible for 90% of what is commonly called "spin", former Downing Street press chief Alastair Campbell has said.
"Who's responsible? The media fucking are." As the Manics didn't once sing. There's an element of truth in this, as every policy David Blunkett comes up with is aimed at those who read the Daily Mail but this sob story would be more believable if New Labour didn't pander to the media from their inception. And let's not forget that 'spin' is the language you use to describe a policy and, considering that most reports tend to quote a government source directly it's not the fault of the media if the public don't believe the spin of the Government. Perhaps they might if the Government weren't shown to lie so much?
