Muhammad Haque diagnosing the London MP Stephen Pound and his role as a massager of the Murdoch message and agenda via the media -1

AADHIKARonline © Muhammad Haque review of the Media agenda in the UK.

1645 [1635] Hrs GMT London Saturday 12 March 2011.

I am using a video clip[ which will be linked to here in later editions] taken from a broadcast item on SKY.com where a Blair Party 'MP'. Stephen Pound is appearing with another person apparently reviewing the font pages of the relevant next day's London printed Press or Fleet Street. This is a routine that Pound is very familiar with. Just as he is familiar with the counterpart displays which are conducted on radio mostly on the BBC outlets allowing Pound to give expressions to his latest packaged promotions. Pound is adept at dodging the issues and he is very successful in retaining a relevance for himself on these slots. The impact of his appearances is not significant in any way except that he maintains the illusion that he is with the ruling junta while also hinting at the possibility that he might be open to profitable offers from any contenders against the junta. Pound is a sample of a group in the UK professional political trade which contains journos and sub-journos who also double as MPs. Pound is a sub-journo. His limited repertoire of anectodal analysues is extremely irritating and he is not enlightening about society whatsoever. He is on the other hand very revealing about the contrivances that he mentally engages in so that he stays topical and is invited back on the SKY.com and the BBC sofas. [To be continued]