I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme -- mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, de…

- Bernard Ingham

The media ... is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on Earth. Stand back and you get the drift.

- Bernard Ingham

Confidentiality is the nature of all governments. Of course you may say, the government will always want to communicate the good news; things which b…

- Bernard Ingham

Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.

- Bernard Ingham