Posted by
Arnie on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:34:15 AM
Toni Blair is out of office, so now he can tell the media where to go, and he just about does.
Mr Blair said he was describing "something few people in public life will say, but most know is absolutely true: a vast aspect of our jobs today - outside of the really major decisions, as big as anything else - is coping with the media, its sheer scale, weight and constant hyperactivity. At points, it literally overwhelms."
The damage that can be done "saps the country's confidence and self-belief", he said. "It undermines its assessment of itself, its institutions and above all, it reduces our capacity to take the right decisions, in the right spirit for our future."
Read the media acount, it's a good.accessment of the current mainstream media.
The speech itself can be read here.