Is the news being "managed".

Is the news being "managed".

Yesterdays Observer ran with,

Blair pushed Brown to hold Iraq inquiry in private

• Former PM feared he would be subjected to 'show trial' if inquiry were opened to the public

  • Secrets, lies and the rush to war
  • Memo reveals US plan to provoke invasion
  • Philippe Sands: Inquiry must be transparent
  • Editorial: Let Iraq be test of openness

That was the main story in yesterdays Observer.In less than 24 hours its sister paper,The Guardian had toned it down a little to,

Iraq inquiry likely to be public as Gordon Brown prepares for U-turn

• Prime minister 'ready to accept Tory proposal'

The government has given its strongest indication yet that it may back down over plans to hold the forthcoming Iraq inquiry in secret.

Ministerial sources indicated that Gordon Brown is preparing to accept parts of a Conservative motion to be debated on Wednesday that the inquiry "should be wherever possible be held in public".

Meanwhile on the BBC,that impartial bastion of professional impartial journalism, the main story is still the election of the Speaker to the House of Commons.

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