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The Leveson Inquiry: what a lovely game

By John Pilger - posted Tuesday, 5 June 2012


When Alastair Campbell “gave evidence”, Jay waved a copy of Blair’s A Journey and quoted Blair’s view of his chief collaborator as “a genius”.

“Sweet,” responded Campbell.

“And with great clunking balls as well,” continued Jay QC, awaiting the laughter. The silence of 780,000 Iraqi widows was a presence.

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Not a single opponent of the institutional power of the media has been called by Leveson, though farce is welcomed. Richard Desmond, who owns the Daily Express and a section of the British porn industry, during his appearance damned the Daily Mail as “Britain’s worst enemy” and said the Press Complaints Commission “hated our guts”.  Shock, horror. Or just sweet.

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Australian-born John Pilger is a multi-award winning journalist and documentary film maker. On November 4, 2014, John Pilger received the Sydney Peace Prize, Australia’s international human rights award. A Secret Country, his best-selling history of Australia published 20 years ago, remains in print (Vintage Books).

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