A new dawn,is it not?

Abstract

Whatever Tony Blair’s much-discussed legacy means to Gordon Brown in terms of continuing policies, the media coverage of a Brown-led government will alter… We hope Gordon Brown will want to mark a change of regime by insisting on a more straightforward approach from Government spokesmen and ministers. Journalists and public alike would welcome a truce in what has become a damaging crossfire of misinformation: selective leaking and contradictory briefings by factions inside the party in power, and highly-polished innuendo and personal sniping, rather than legitimate, fact-based criticism, by the media. Everyone would benefit from the eradication of spin. Why, the public might even recover confidence in political institutions and rediscover some trust in the press. As long as the deterioration in the relationship between the Government and the media over the last 10 years is not totally irreparable, things can only get better.