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On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Julie Parton wrote: > > John Beteman's "The Village Inn" .... nicely takes the micky out of > Public Relations > > ...[quote]... > > Julie Parton > And Humbert Wolfe in Punch - some time in the 20s, I think - did the same for that brand of PR known as journalism: You cannot hope to bribe or twist - Thank God! - the British journalist. But seeing what that man will do Unbribed, there's no occasion to. And although it's not poetry, I can't resist Evelyn Waugh in "Scoop" on ideology and journalism. You have to imagine the dialogue taking place between two journalists eking out their boredom in a desolate bar in some remote and fly-ridden remnant of Empire: "And all the papers have reports from three or four agencies?" "Yes." "But if we all send the same thing it seems a waste." "There would be a row if we did." "But isn't it very confusing if we all send different news?" "It gives them a choice. They all have different policies so of course they have to have different news." Jocelyn Paine http://www.j-paine.org http://www.virtual-worlds.biz +44 (0)7768 534 091