Jon Snow interviews Alastair Campbell over Iraq WMD report being sexed up (2003)

27 June 2003: Alastair Campbell’s remarkable interview with Channel 4 News over the government’s row with the BBC about its Iraq coverage.

The Downing Street Director of Communications was questioned live by Jon Snow, in an interview which has only increased the tension between the government and the BBC.

Mr Campbell had accused the BBC of lying, after a ‘Today’ report claimed he had ‘sexed up’ a government dossier about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.

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