Sunday, November 26, 2006

And the “Worst Commencement Speech Ever” award goes to…

Journalists have no morality, PM's wife tells students

Cherie Blair has launched an extraordinary attack on the media claiming there is "no professional morality in journalism".

The Prime Minister's wife took her revenge on a profession that has bedevilled her for years when invited to address students at Roehampton University on Wednesday.

She told a stunned audience that it was "not a noble calling" and journalists "have no ethics". Then, Mrs Blair - who was at the university in south-west London to open its Human Rights Centre - turned her attention to the Daily Mail and the Press Complaints Commission.



And in other news, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism has rescinded Laura Bush’s recent invitation to speak at its graduation ceremony...



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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess we can tell whose getting ready to return to private life.

Kansas said...

Hopefully, for many, private life will involve a cellmate named Bubba.

And I hope Bubba loves to slow dance.

Kansas said...

LOL ok I have really GOT to start paying attention. This comment was suppose to be in the post above about the investigations.

I doubt Blair is going to be dancing with anyone named Bubba any time soon.