Bernard Ingham quotes
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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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“The media ... is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on Earth. Stand back and you get the drift.”
-- Bernard InghamSource : Bernard Ingham (1992). “Kill the messenger”, Burns & Oates
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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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“Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.”
-- Bernard InghamSource : 1986 Speech, 5 Feb.
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“I have been under assault by the liberal media in the United States,”
Source : "Aaron Klein Responds to HuffPo — And Admits His Kahanist Sympathies" by Terry Krepel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 15, 2010.
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Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com.
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“There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.”
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Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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