During the slow news period which characterises the British summer, we’re treated to an increase in the amateur Kremlinology that passes for journalism in today’s news-on-demand culture. A quick glance at today’s Times shows up articles on how Obama may be too thin for US voters,* on how to interpret the books that Tory MPs [...]
August 3, 2008
Corruption and Leaders – Why Commentators Miss the Point
Filed under Politics and Power
Tags: Barack Obama, Boris Johnson, C. Wright Mills, Conservative Party, Corruption, David Blunkett, Hierarchy, Ian Blair, Journalism, Kremlinology, Lord Acton, New Labour, Percy Shelley, Political Systems, Power, Ray Lewis, Representative Democracy, Richard Nixon, Scandals, Silvio Berlusconi, The Power Elite, The Times
