“Paul Keating told us before we were elected that you can do deals with [Rupert] Murdoch without saying you were doing a deal. Did we do that kind of thing? Maybe. But from around about the turn of the century, I felt strongly that we had to do something about media ownership and self-regulation. Tony [Blair] disagreed.” KindSelfTurnsFeltCan DoDealsCenturyMediaRegulationOwnershipBlairSelf Regulation Author:Alastair Campbell
“The media are obsessed with spin doctors and with portraying them as a bad thing, yet seem addicted to our medicine.” SeemsMediaDoctorsMedicineObsessedBad ThingsPortrayingSpin Doctors Author:Alastair Campbell
“The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public eye take it, is not taken as seriously as it once was - by the public.” PeopleEyeTodayTakenMediaNewsJournalistBad NewsPublic Eye Author:Alastair Campbell
“In an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness.” WorldFilmStarsMediaIdealsIllnessFocusedMental IllnessIdeal WorldFilm Stars Author:Alastair Campbell
“Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that 'all people are really interested in' are a few moments of madness in the Oval Office gets him, the importance of the presidency, and the significance of his life, all wrong.” PeopleMomentsBigsViewsMediaPersonalityOfficeImportanceMadnessClintonSignificanceConventionalPresidencyConventional WisdomOval Author:Alastair Campbell
