JRN185 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Peter Mandelson, Financial Times, Cronyism
29 Apr 2020
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Before stepping down in 2007, one of tony blair"s last actions as prime minister was to blame the media for their reporting of the government. He said in a public lecture at reuters in london that the media is gradually and negatively driven by "effects" due to competition. Accuracy was secondary to impact; anything fascinating was less important than something shocking and reporting hands down on scandal or controversy beat. The outgoing prime minister said in his most-reported passage: The fear of losing means the media today, more than ever before, are hunting in a pack. It"s like a wild beast in these styles, constantly tearing people and bits" reputations. More necessary to attack intent than to attack judgment. To have made an mistake wasn"t enough; it had to be venal. Blair claimed that the news statement had become as important or more important than the news itself, and that the ambiguity between news and opinion was commonplace.
