Tell me no lies

Jon Snow:Speaking out

Tell me no lies is a book edited by Australian-born journalist John Pilger,who is a tireless campaigner and writer in search of global justice who pulls no punches when it comes to denounce abuse of power, corruption and so on. The book is thoroughly recommended to anyone who is interested in real, hard-hitting stories written by first-class journalists throughout the world covering a range of topics that shaped our world. All this came to mind when I read a report today on the Leveson Inquiry, which is currently taking place in the UK; well-known and respected Channel 4's anchorman Jon Snow used the adjectives 'insidious' and 'mendacious', among others, to describe not the News International conglomerate owned by the Murdoch but on another publisher: the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.It is refreshing to hear a public figure speaking out on a topic that for so long has got on my nerves: the filth and lack of ethics that these so-called newspapers spit out day in, day out, ruining people's private lives while earning handsome sums of money in the process.So kudos to Mr Snow and all the public figures who have had enough of this ridiculous show that for so long has tarnished journalism.