Bernard Ingham
Bernard Ingham
Sir Bernard Inghamis a British journalist and former civil servant, best known as Margaret Thatcher's chief press secretary while she was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. He was knighted in Mrs Thatcher's 1990 resignation honours list. Despite never having attended university himself, Ingham lectured in public relations at The University of Middlesex. He was also secretary to Supporters of Nuclear Energy, a group of individuals who seek to promote nuclear power in the United Kingdom...
cheer government news
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.
sports blood gossip
Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.
media gossip mowing
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.
oil media earth
The media ... is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on Earth. Stand back and you get the drift.