LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Paul Foot on departure of Alastair Campbell from Daily Mirror

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Feb 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:01:41

Description

Labour leader John Smith’s concern at the departure of Alastair Campbell as political editor of the Daily Mirror. Mirror journalist Paul Foot arguing that Smith ‘s concern is justified, as Labour supporter Campbell is to be replaced by a right-wing appointment, and the political stance of the paper is to shift to the right. Foot also arguing that the Mirror will lose its social conscience, and the differences between the paper and the other mass circulation tabloid, the Sun, will disappear. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Paul Foot

Keywords

Politics; Labour Party; Newspapers; The Sun; Daily Mirror; Press; John Smith; Alastair Campbell

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