History A-Level
Alastair Campbell
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The government's communications director, who pressed for a dossier to justify war and challenged the BBC's accuracy, demanding apologies.
Topics that use Alastair Campbell
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 5 The Labour government versus the media: the problem of the Iraq dossiers, 2002–04 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Andrew Gilligan
- Dr David Kelly
- Government-media relations
- Media scrutiny and investigative journalism
- Government use of intelligence
- Hutton Enquiry
- Public trust and credibility
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