THE TELEGRAPH: Tony Blair hinted today at new restrictions to curb an increasing sensationalist media, while admitting that New Labour's obsession with "spin" had fuelled press cynicism.
In a farewell lecture on public life, he said the British media behaved like a "feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits".
He said senior figures in public life had become "totally demoralised" by the completely unbalanced nature of reporting.
The outgoing Prime Minister said relations had always been fraught, but now threatened politicians' "capacity to take the right decisions for the country''. Blair launches attack on UK media 'beast' By George Jones
Full text of Blair’s speech on politics and the media
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