Infamous former British government spin doctor Alastair Campbell considered legal action against the BBC 20 years ago over its coverage of the controversies surrounding the Iraq war.
News emerges this week of the tenure of former prime minister Tony Blair, who advised Campbell on the release of archive documents during Britain’s 20-year rule.
In a letter to Blair, Campbell wrote: “If the BBC continues to be combative, I believe the rhetoric needs to be stepped up, to the point of threatening to put the matter into the hands of lawyers.” The threat did not go beyond events. took over the situation.
Campbell, who now hosts the hit is calm politics Podcast, detailed the ruling Labor Party’s PR operation to deal with the Iraq war, which was met with fierce resistance.
Campbell and Blair were outraged by the BBC’s reporting on a dossier showing Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) – a trigger for Britain’s war in the country.
Two weeks after Campbell wrote to Blair, a Ministry of Defense official, David Kelly, named by the BBC as a source for stories about how Labor had “sexed up” reports on weapons of mass destruction, killed himself and a inquest died. has started
The tragedy led to the resignation of Campbell, BBC director-general Greg Dyke and chairman Gavyn Davies.
The archives also revealed that Campbell considered going to BBC News to answer questions about the dossier, a few days after he was asked about the issue by Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow.
Source: Deadline
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