Lord Ashcroft virtually admits book is hit job on PM,yet many who complain of press intrusion gleefully gobble up and share flimsy, salacious talesSo we all now know approximately David Cameron and the pig. Is this allegation good or contaminated for the public interest, or as distinct from what the public may find mildly amusing? Is it even right? After all,it’s third-hand and uncorroborated.
This once important distinction seems not greatly to matter in the age of ultrafast social media, when “transparency” is the guiding principle, or in place of the discretion and secrecy which used to guide so much of public policy and private affairs. Or contain we moved at high-speed broadband rates from deplorable coverups to deplorable exposés,often beyond the reach of legal remedy or of the individual privacy which we claim to value?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com