The Press Sin Game

George Orwell — 'Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.'

Channel 4 News exposed the blog 'The Pressing Game' on Friday's programme.

This blog was established to promote the authenticity of Qatar's 2022 World Cup and targets all individuals who dare stand up to the emirate eg Greg Dyke and Gary Lineker.

The men behind the blog are depressive reformed alcoholic war criminal Alastair Campbell and his son Rory together with the PR firm Portland Communications (where Campbell is a senior adviser).
Portland's biggest client are the Qatari government!
And Portland is a member of the Public Relations Consultants Association, which has a professional charter that seems to forbid such practices.

This isn't journalism. It is biased PR.

Talking of which, the Guardian football people don't mention this farcical story despite it gaining mainstream television news status.
This is to be expected as the football agent orchestrating Guardian output, John Colquhoun, is joined at the pelvis to Campbell.

These people are sailing very close to the wind.

http://www.channel4.com/news/fa-chief-condemns-online-dirty-tricks-by-qatar-s-pr-firm