Summary
LABOUR peeress Baroness Kennedy QC, invited to discuss on breakfast TV yesterday the downfall of Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten, who admits cavorting with rent boys, inquired: 'What is the public interest in knowing about a politician's private life?' Almost in the same breath, opinionformer Lady Kennedy applauded the exposure, by media agents provocateurs, of England's soccer manager, Sven Goran Eriksson, saying that was in the public interest. Why the distinction?
Because one is about sex, the other money. To Labour politicians, loot is more evil than lust. So, coveting great wealth - Eriksson believed he was about to be employed by a rich sheik - is worse than the 'unspeakable acts of degradation' of which Oaten is accused.See the full content of this document
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Oaten Is to Blame, Not the Media
Lady Kennedy's sympathy for Oaten matched perfectly the BBC's tone.
Andrew Marr told us it was 'a very sad day for Mark Oaten, and very embarrassing for the Liberal Democrats'.Where could he have got that idea?A party spokesman said Oaten needs 'time and privacy' with his family. Who's stopping him? The knee-jerk response by politicians on such occasions is always to suggest the media is to blame. What they're ...See the full content of this document
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