>> From the missus:
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>> "I find it a bit rich that Alistair Campbell has the audacity to criticise anyone
>> or any organisation for character assassinations. If my memory serves me well he and in
>> his role as a labour spin doctor has done some of that himself (big time)
>> and aided Blair in the Weapons of Mass Destruction lies".
>>
>> Nasty party politicians?
I can see where she's coming from Fido. Anyone who's read accounts of the Blair years whether Andrew Rawnsley, Cherie or Tom Bower's biog of Brown can see how Campbell managed the media.
But that begs the question of why the parties need Campbell, Coulson et al. And part of the reason is the extent to which Murdoch, the Rothermere Press and before it fell on it's arxe the Express came to dominate HOW items were covered. Always about the men and not about what Tony Benn called 'the ishoos'.
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