2007-09-15 Delusional hack pushes right-wing agenda

Oborne completely misses that point in this book, accusing the Labour government of lying when he and everyone else knows that they are no worse than the Tories when they were in power.

What Oborne fails to admit is that the only reason politicians feel it necessary to 'manage' their pronouncements is that they know the news media will twist and stretch (spin...!) everything that is said in order to fit the agenda of the newspaper's owner and to create a 'juicier' story for the purpose of self-advertisement.

The real villains in this area are the newspapers and journalists who carry the 'sword of truth' but are instead terrible hypocrites.

Oborne is ultimately guilty of playing along with the general status quo, and this book should only be read if you are politically right-leaning and prepared to go along with the rubbish that passes for political journalism in this country.