Campbell + the curse of the Blackberry

My favourite funny story of the week, so far, is from the UK. (Campbell was embroiled in the row involving the BBC's reporting of Blair's dossier on weapons of mass destruction. Jeremy Paxman is a seasoned presenter with the Beeb.) Beware the Send button!

"Alastair Campbell was at the centre of attacks on Labour's campaigning style after accidentally sending BBC journalists an email which expressed his disdain for the corporation in even stronger language than usual.

"The former Downing Street communications chief inflamed the row about aggressive election tactics by mistakenly sending the message to BBC's Newsnight programme on Monday. The programme had been looking into his role as the initiator of controversial Labour campaign posters depicting the Tory leader, Michael Howard, as a flying pig that were alleged by some to be anti-semitic.

"The message, from his portable Blackberry emailer, had been intended for a colleague. It read: 'Fuck off and cover something important you twats!' In a second email to the BBC he blamed his mistake on the fact he was 'not very good at this email Blackberry malarkey', adding: 'Campbell swears shock. Final sentence of earlier email probably a bit colourful and personal considering we have never actually met but I'm sure you share the same sense of humour as your star presenter Mr P[axman]'."

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