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Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show

• 02-08-2010 11:54 AM

  PR Week Joined on 04-30-2009 Posts 460	Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show Reply Contact Public affairs experts are split over Alastair Campbell's emotional appearance on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show yesterday. Read: Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show.

• 02-08-2010 11:54 AM

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  Martin Ballantine Joined on 05-22-2009 Tunbridge Wells Posts 9	RE: Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show Reply Contact Oh come on, it was a genuine moment. At the risk of confusing reality with fiction \(or vice versa?), he's NOT Malcolm Tucker! No, really, he's not. Martin Ballantine

• 02-08-2010 12:22 PM

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  David Brown Joined on 01-06-2010 Posts 3

  RE: Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show Reply Contact It's not surprising that many people feel disgusted or cynical about Alastair Campbell's TV tears. Let's remember they were shed not for the thousands of the deaths caused by Iraq War or his relentless hounding of Dr David Kelly. They came at a time when Andrew Marr had him on the ropes about the non-existent WMDs and the patchy intelligence about their existence. These are crucial matters and formed the basis of the case for war and they still haven't been answered, despite his and Blair's protestations, At best, this was nauseating self-pity, at worst a cynical ploy for sympathy. Perhaps media trainers should now be building the "Campbell tactic" into their client programmes? When in trouble during an interview, just remember: blub like a baby.

• 02-08-2010 1:38 PM

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  Benjamin Ball Joined on 02-04-2010 London and Oxford Posts 2	RE: Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show Reply Contact Genuine? Really? It seems like too much of a coincidence that Gordon Brown \(coached by Mr Campbell) sheds tears on Friday; Alastair on Sunday. Well orchestrated yes. Genuine? No. Benjamin Ball BENJAMIN BALL ASSOCIATES 0845 676 976 6 07808 725 815 ben@benjaminball.com www.benjaminball.com

• 02-08-2010 2:06 PM

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  Martin Ballantine Joined on 05-22-2009 Tunbridge Wells Posts 9	Re: RE: Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show Reply Contact The fact that it'd be so blinking obvious if it was true kinda knocks the conspiracy theory on the head...I'm no war-apologist, but this for me was 100% real. Martin Ballantine

• 02-08-2010 2:47 PM

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  Danny Rogers Joined on 07-22-2009 Posts 18	RE: Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show Reply Contact I must say I was watching it live, and thought AC was genuinely about to abandon the interview. If it was orchestrated - which I doubt - then it was at Berlin Philharmonic level.

• 02-09-2010 12:00 PM

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  Paul Wooding Joined on 12-11-2009 Posts 7

  RE: Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show Reply Contact The question of whether it was real or not is a moot point as far as I'm concerned. David Brown's comment nails it for me; these weren't tears for the soliders and civilians killed based on apalling evidence which was - at best - hopelessly interpreted - or at worst deliberately spun to argue the case for war. These were tears for the stresses and burden he feels. Well tough shit. Really, seriously, tough shit. He should have had the good grace to man up to Marr's questions rather than come across all X-Factor, whether it was real or not. There are parents, brother, sisters, wives and husbands both here and in the Middle East who have shown a lot more humility and diginity regarding their own part in the war. Campbell should remember that next time he decides to share his pain on the part he played in taking the country illegally to war.

• 02-09-2010 10:45 PM

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  James O'Keefe Joined on 06-17-2009 Posts 2	RE: Public affairs experts divided on Alastair Campbell's interview on Andrew Marr show Reply Contact Jon McLeod is surely having a bit of a laugh with us: 1. does AC strike you as a turn on the tears type; 2. What does he really gain by doing it, zilch; 3. Marr does perhaps have his own private agenda which may lead him to go too far with his choice of words