Mandy Rice Davies Applies
Jun. 12th, 2007 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
djm4_lj"There will often be as much interpretation of what a politician is saying, as there is coverage of them actually saying it."
Tony Blair, talking disapprovingly about the news.
Obviously, if you're a control-freak like Tony Blair, you would think that's a bad thing. Personally, I want our news media to interpret what our politicians say, rather than just slavishly reporting that they've said it. And many different points of view, and different information sources? Yes please!
In other news:
Paddy Ashdown continues to talk sense on Iraq, and foreign intervention in general.
Bisexual Underground tonight.
Tony Blair, talking disapprovingly about the news.
Obviously, if you're a control-freak like Tony Blair, you would think that's a bad thing. Personally, I want our news media to interpret what our politicians say, rather than just slavishly reporting that they've said it. And many different points of view, and different information sources? Yes please!
In other news:
Paddy Ashdown continues to talk sense on Iraq, and foreign intervention in general.
Bisexual Underground tonight.
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Date: 2007-06-12 01:48 pm (UTC)Except that this is Tony Blair, who ran out of 'benefit of the doubt' room with me ages ago.
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Date: 2007-06-12 02:47 pm (UTC)Step 2 - decide whether what was said was what was meant. Cue interpretation in the media. Doing it in this order provides extra opportunities for the press to accuse Blair of lying, if appropriate...