6 Quotes by Bernard Ingham
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Confidentiality is the nature of all governments. Of course you may say, the government will always want to communicate the good news; things which bring satisfaction, cheer, help or pleasure to voters. And of course, you are right, governments are not masochists by nature.
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The media ... is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on Earth. Stand back and you get the drift.
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Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.
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I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme -- mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, deduction and gossip.
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Many journalists have fallen for the conspiracy theory of government. I do assure you that they would produce more accurate work if they adhered to the cock-up theory.
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The greatest tribute people pay these days is 'Come back Maggie'.
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