Friday 8 November 2013

Who better to give lectures to journalism students than Alastair Campbell?



Who better to give lectures to journalism students than Alastair Campbell?

Now, if I were the sort of lazy, formulaically minded, indeed "garbagic" journalist that Alastair Campbell so understandably despises, this article would be very easy to compose. It would go something like this:

"Alastair Campbell teaching journalism to students? Oh, that's like putting Dracula in charge of the blood transfusion service. Or making Tony Blair a Middle East peace envoy… The man who gave us the dodgy dossier? Maybe he can tell the students how to make up stuff about chemical weapons… 45 minute warning… sexing up… conspiracies… Dr David Kelly… blood on his hands… Tony Bliar… you couldn't make it up… who does this man think he is… time will tell… I think we should be told…"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/who-better-to-give-lectures-to-journalism-students-than-alastair-campbell-8927947.html

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