http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/12/bitter-bitter-bitter/ by Jeff Jarvis Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:48:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/12/bitter-bitter-bitter/#comment-351384 Journalism & Media Discussion Forum: The End of Journalism? » Blog Archive : Blair speech reveals the universal instinct of government to control news. Old Media did a rotten job fending them off. New Media must act now if they expect to do bett Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:29:02 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/12/bitter-bitter-bitter/#comment-351384 [...] - The indispensable Jeff Jarvis analyzes Tony Blair’s final whine about his media coverage, which includes a chilling call [...] [...] – The indispensable Jeff Jarvis analyzes Tony Blair’s final whine about his media coverage, which includes a chilling call [...]

]]> http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/12/bitter-bitter-bitter/#comment-351383 Blair speech reveals the universal instinct of government to control news. Old Media did a rotten job fending them off. New Media must act now if they expect to do better. « The Future of News Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:53:52 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/12/bitter-bitter-bitter/#comment-351383 [...] do better. 6/13/07 Posted by Steve Boriss in Blair, Government. trackback The indispensable Jeff Jarvis analyzes Tony Blair’s final whine about his media coverage, which includes a chilling call for [...] [...] do better. 6/13/07 Posted by Steve Boriss in Blair, Government. trackback The indispensable Jeff Jarvis analyzes Tony Blair’s final whine about his media coverage, which includes a chilling call for [...]

]]> http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/12/bitter-bitter-bitter/#comment-351322 David Brain Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:28:43 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/06/12/bitter-bitter-bitter/#comment-351322 Good summary Jeff and I agree he is clueless on the role of new media. However, I am not sure how long you have been covering the media scene in this country, but to have surveyed the type of coverage Labour got from the press in the early and mid nineties you can understand perhaps where his habit of control came from. Labour in those days could not buy a good headline. And it did work for a while for him, but the fact is that he lost the nation through Iraq and the cash for honours scandal and the media have reflected that as much as stoked it. Personally I think despite his mistakes he will be seen as a great Prime Minister, but this was a tetchy little retrospective piece. Good summary Jeff and I agree he is clueless on the role of new media. However, I am not sure how long you have been covering the media scene in this country, but to have surveyed the type of coverage Labour got from the press in the early and mid nineties you can understand perhaps where his habit of control came from. Labour in those days could not buy a good headline. And it did work for a while for him, but the fact is that he lost the nation through Iraq and the cash for honours scandal and the media have reflected that as much as stoked it. Personally I think despite his mistakes he will be seen as a great Prime Minister, but this was a tetchy little retrospective piece.

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