On the face of it, Peter Oborne is impossible.
It’s not possible to be educated at Sherborne independent school, at Cambridge University, to work as political editor of the
Spectator, as chief political commentator of
The Daily Telegraph, as a journalist at the
Evening Standard, as a commentator at the
Express, to make nearly 30 documentaries for Channel 4, BBC World and BBC Radio 4, to appear endlessly on high-profile radio and TV programmes, to be made Society of Editors Press Awards Columnist of the Year twice, and still speak out honestly on systemic corporate media corruption.
US author and ethical logician Upton Sinclair explained why it just doesn’t happen:
Former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger resigns from Future of Media Commission
The former editor said he didn’t want his involvement to “be a distraction” from the Commission’s work. By Lauren Boland Sunday 14 Mar 2021, 6:01 PM Mar 14th 2021, 6:01 PM 19,507 Views 13 Comments
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FORMER EDITOR OF The Guardian Alan Rusbridger has resigned from the Future of Media Commission.
Rusbridger faced calls leave the role after reports that The Guardian’s former media columnist, Roy Greenslade, was supportive of the IRA.
He has said today that he did not want his involvement on the Commission to be a “distraction” from its work.