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While I agree with the substance of conclusions in the report, the media's coverage of it -- as well as how it's been publicly discussed by current and former (
by leroy_masochist 10y ago
While I agree with the substance of conclusions in the report, the media's coverage of it -- as well as how it's been publicly discussed by current and former (non-Blair) members of the UK government -- seems to add up to an effort to take a pound of flesh off of Blair in some kind of weirdly tribalistic cathartic exercise for progressives.
- papaf 10y agoI think its understandable that the media, especially the BBC, is a bit bitter. Here is an article from 2004 where the BBC chairman had to resign because of pressure from a government report over the evidence to go to war over Iraq: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3434661.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3434661.stm Here is an excerpt: BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has resigned in the wake of Lord Hutton's criticisms of the corporation's reports. He quit after Lord Hutton said the suggestion in BBC reports that the government "sexed up" its dossier on Iraq's weapons with unreliable intelligence was "unfounded". Here is another quote from the story, this time from a BBC journalist: "In the end what it comes down to is a judgement by Lord Hutton - who he believes, whose motives he trusts most and in that, again and again, he comes down on the side of politicians and officials." So, as you say, some of the reporting today is probably a carthartic exercise...