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Bernard Ingham
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“Many journalists have fallen for the conspiracy theory of government. I do assure you that they would produce more accurate work if they adhered to the cock-up theory.”
Bernard Ingham (1932–2023) first seen 1985 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In The Observer, "Sayings of the Week" (17 March 1985), as cited in A Dictionary of Business Quotations (1990), p. 59
“Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.”
Bernard Ingham (1932–2023) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech (9 February 1986), as cited in Sayings of the Eighties (1989), p. 106
“The media, I tell pedants in the Government, is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on earth. Stand back and you get the drift.”
Bernard Ingham (1932–2023) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Parliamentary Press Gallery (February 1990), as cited in The Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations (1996), p. 188