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008			130308s2016 enka b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781780760599
020			_a1780760590
020			_z9780857728876 (eISBN)
020			_z0857728873 (eISBN)
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050	1	4	_aPN4748.G7 _bB75 2016
050	1	4	_aPN4748.G7 _bB75 2016
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100	1		_aBrighton, Paul, _d1959- _eauthor. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2008000038
245	1	0	_aOriginal spin : _bDowning Street and the press in Victorian Britain / _cPaul Brighton
264		1	_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bI.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, _c2016
300			_avii, 280 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
520			_aIn this important new book, Paul Brighton shows that spin is not something dreamed up by modern, media-savvy politicians. In fact, it was one of the best-kept political secrets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From Peel and Palmerston to Gladstone and Disraeli, Prime Ministers have all tried to manipulate the press to a greater or lesser extent. Brighton uncovers the covert contacts between Westminster and Fleet Street and reveals how the Victorian occupants of 10 Downing Street secretly conveyed their viewpoints via the newspapers--Publisher description
520	8		_aSecret lunches, off-the-record briefings, the leaking of confidential information and tightly-organised media launches - the well-known world of modern political spin. But is this really a new phenomenon or have politicians been manipulating the press for as long as newspapers have existed? In this important new book, Paul Brighton shows that spin is not something dreamed up by modern, media-savvy politicians. In fact, it was one of the best-kept political secrets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From Peel and Palmerston to Gladstone and Disraeli, Prime Ministers have all tried to manipulate the press to a greater or lesser extent. Brighton uncovers the covert contacts between Westminster and Fleet Street and reveals how the Victorian occupants of 10 Downing Street secretly conveyed their viewpoints via the newspapers. For the first time, 'Original Spin' tells the whole, unvarnished, story
650		0	_aPress and politics _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y19th century
650		0	_aGovernment and the press _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y19th century
650		0	_aCommunication in politics _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y19th century
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