Dec
3
There are good reasons for Tiger Woods’ private life to be a matter of considerable public interest. But there’s an even better reason why Tiger Woods’ personal affairs are not a matter of public interest: he has never courted publicity.
Dec
2
Trading Information by Nicholas Jones
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Trading Information is the most recent in a series of books by former BBC journalist Nicholas Jones about the relationship between politics and the media.
The book was an interesting piece of contemporary history to this extent: I was left overwhelming sense of how far the debate around public interest has shifted. In the mid-1990s, government ministers could credibly criticise the opposition for handling leaked documents – suggesting that it undermined the government and the relationship between politicians and civil servants – using the sort of language of paternalism and ‘government knows best’ which ministers would be unlikely to get away with today – in the age of bloggers like Guido Fawkes.
Nov
28
Henry Winter: Should Liverpool fans trust him?
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Henry Winter, Daily Telegraph football correspondent, has come in for a lot of criticism amongst Liverpool fans recently.
So I’ve looked back at Henry Winter’s track record to try and assess whether he’s a journalist Liverpool fans can trust.
For my verdict on whether you can trust Henry Winter on Liverpool Football Club, read this post.