Ep 3: Dominic Cummings, Barnard Castle and the battle for truth

In theory, the press conference is the crucible where politicians encounter journalists and a truth is revealed. Is it anything like that in practice?James Harding's guests include Beth Rigby, political editor of Sky News; Alastair Campbell, formerly Tony Blair's director of communications; Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary to George Bush; Daniel Maki, who works on intelligence and investigations for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Join James Harding, Editor and Co-Founder of Tortoise Media, and guests as they focus their combined intellectual curiosity and firepower on the biggest challenges of the 21st century.In Season One, James and guests will explore the Battle for Truth through conversations which combine genuine curiosity, civilised disagreement and an unfashionable commitment to listen to each other. Some of these issues are so huge that finding an intellectual foothold is hard. So, they will guide us through ThinkIns on cancel culture, history, public accountability, the press – which illuminate the big questions about truth - does it exist anymore and if so, who owns it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.