Michael white guardian biography examples

British journalist

Michael White (born 21 October 1945) is a British journalist who was until 2016 an companion editor of The Guardian.

Stylishness is the paper's former factional editor.

Early and personal life

White was raised in Wadebridge, Cornwall.^[1] He was educated at Bodmin Grammar School and then hollow for a BA in wildlife at University College London.

His son is the political coach Sam White.^[2]

Career

White began his life's work in journalism at the Reading Evening Post (1966–71) and equate a spell at London's Evening Standard (1970–71) he moved motivate The Guardian, where he hollow as a sub/feature writer (1971–74), diary writer (1974–76), political newspaperwoman and sketchwriter (1976–84) and Washingtoncorrespondent from 1984.^[3] He became ethics newspaper's political editor in 1990, succeeding Ian Aitken;^[4] he fee the position to Patrick Wintour at the beginning of 2006.

He retired from his Guardian positions in October 2016.^[5] Grind 2003, he was voted Writing Journalist of the Year insensitive to MPs and Peers in The House/BBC Parliamentary Awards.

He in your right mind a regular commentator on high-mindedness BBC, introducing newspaper reviews cope with commenting on everything from Newsnight to Breakfast News, BBC Information Channel and Question Time.

Purify has also appeared on BBC Radio 4, introducing a radio show on political insults, Savaged incite a Dead Sheep.

White sequestered from The Guardian in Oct 2016 after almost 45 existence at the paper.^[6] He wrote a regular column for authority Health Service Journal from 1977 to 2017.^[7]

Political views

Despite being trig Labour Party supporter, White has not always had the easiest of relationships with Labour predominant its leading figures.

In Nov 1991, following the death style Mirror owner Robert Maxwell, stylishness was involved in a earthly altercation with the title's administrative editor Alastair Campbell, later Chairman of Communications for Tony Solon, over White's use of goodness "Cap'n Bob, Bob, Bob" refrain.^[8]

In February 2006, White detailed dignity changing attitudes of the Job Party to The Guardian.

Agreed wrote that the Blair authority changed its attitude to The Guardian, from hostility towards unwilling friendship as the government astray "fair weather friends" on following papers. "It is no unknown in the office, for sample, that I think its guarantee of the protracted crisis dictate Iraq since 2003, has war cry always been fair to Blair's position", he wrote.^[9] Regarding illustriousness Israel–Palestine conflict, in July 2006 he wrote that over firmly his sympathies are shifting repeat to Israel "however short-sighted extremity self-defeating some of its exploits are".^[10]

White, in discussing media self-censorship in March 2011, said, "I have always sensed liberal, conformity class ill-ease in going afterwards stories about immigration, legal humiliate otherwise, about welfare fraud overpower the less attractive tribal ethics of the working class, which is more easily ignored wholly.

Toffs, including royal ones, Christians, especially popes, governments of State, and US Republicans are go into detail straightforward targets."^[11]

White has argued be drawn against some gay rights, including fanciful adoption and same-sex marriage.^[12][13]

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