Bernard Ingham Professions : Journalist Born : June 21, 1932 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by 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 oil media looks I sometimes compare press officers to riflemen on the Somme -- mowing down wave upon wave of distortion, taking out rank upon rank of supposition, deduction and gossip. Bernard Ingham mowing gossip media Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns. Bernard Ingham gossip sports blood Confidentiality is the nature of all governments. Of course you may say, the government will always want to communicate the good news; things which bring satisfaction, cheer, help or pleasure to voters. And of course, you are right, governments are not masochists by nature. Bernard Ingham government cheer want Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalist All Authors