The fallout over the ridiculous interview tactics of the leader of the British Labour Party, Ed Miliband, rumbles on in the UK media.
What's surprising to me is why the fuss this time, and why single out Miliband? Ever since "media training" became de rigeur in boardrooms and the corridors of power, high profile figures have been spouting memorised propaganda to journalists all over the world.
Examples are extremely easy to come by. My own worst experience involved the London 2012 Olympic bid. I was in Singapore at the time, enjoying the celebrations and festivities to be sure, but the day after the London win came the great tragedy of the 7/7 bombings on the London transport system which killed 52 people and four suicide bombers.
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