Editors run a mile as Simon Jenkins mentions the bad smell that clings to Northern Rock
Posted
by
Peter Kirwan
on 5 February 2009
at 14:04
Tags: Journalism
It was a bit like a fart in a railway carriage.
Yesterday, in front of the Commons Treasury Committee, Simon Jenkins suggested that the government engaged in “de facto insider trading” by leaking news of its emergency loan to Northern Rock to Robert Peston last year.
As I understand it, Jenkins’ theory is the HM Government already [...]
Tags: Journalism
