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I mean, you know, alastair had a job to do and jonathan haslam, when he was with jon major and gus o'donnell, had a job to do. and they did theirjob to the best of their ability. and they're going to say, "i think you got the story wrong. " and you say, thank you very much for, you know, and you listen to why and you think, well, do i believe that? do i think that squares with the the contacts i've had with various people? if it does, i'll take it. and if it doesn't, i will ignore it. i think much more serious today is the problem we have with fake news, where absolute falsehood can take hold ...

Circumstances i can think of where it's been pointed out that something the pm has said is not true. let me ask you a broader point, particularly alastair and adam, but, jon, i'm interested to get you to think back to your experiences in washington and westminster of the daily pressure, adam, that governments try to exert on journalists and news organisations. the idea that that call that came in after emily maitlis monologue, that it wouldn't be unusual for the government to call up the bbc, would it? no, and it's it actually dates back to a certain extent, in my experience, to alistair�*s ...

I would say that there are many circumstances i can think of where it's been pointed out that something the prime minister has said is not true. let me ask you a broader point, particularly alastair and adam, but, jon, i'm interested to get you to think back to your experiences in washington and westminster of the daily pressure, adam, that governments try to exert on journalists and news organisations. the the idea that that call that came in after emily maitlis monologue, that it wouldn't be unusual for the government to call up the bbc, would it? no, and it's it actually dates back to a cer...

On dealing with the media and a willingness to take up complaints, which i don't think we necessarily experienced either, when gus o'donnell was representing jon major or previously with bernard ingham. i think we knew where they came from, but they were more entitled to see that as part of the weather. now, in defence of alastair and peter mandelson who were also associated with that, yes, they were professional media handlers, but they were also people who were prepared and sought out exposing their principals, their cabinet ministers, the prime minister and all the others made them availabl...

Experiences in washington and westminster of the daily pressure, adam, that governments try to exert on journalists and news organisations. the idea that that call that came in after emily maitlis monologue, that it wouldn't be unusual for the government to call up the bbc, would it? no, and it's it actually dates back to a certain extent, in my experience, to alistair's period, where there was a more hands on dealing with the media and a willingness to take up complaints, which i don't think we necessarily experienced either, when gus o'donnell was representing jon major or previously with be...