tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post6410244951009934285..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: So Farewell Then Harold EvansTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-45113607812802222632020-09-26T13:27:29.800+01:002020-09-26T13:27:29.800+01:00That was a great share, Rosie !
Thank you. That was a great share, Rosie ! <br /><br />Thank you. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933511798594044822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-17934955320740858902020-09-25T10:38:42.172+01:002020-09-25T10:38:42.172+01:00Good piece. I was not a big fan of Tina Brown and ...Good piece. I was not a big fan of Tina Brown and all that schmoozing and getting in with the in-crowd stuff in America and it did Evans' reputation no good, but she was good for him and loyal. He was without doubt a great campaigning Editor and used his power well for all of us. His My Paper Chase is a fascinating autobiography which I have read several times. In it, he reminds us that Enoch Powell was the Health Minister who would not do anything about Thalidomide and Distillers, and he refused to meet child victims and their parents. He did nothing to support them. Evans worked in the days when he could choose to spend time and money on investigative journalism that changed lives and helped society. I recall when training as a reporter on the KM at Harlow doing the NCTJ course, I became political, and was moved by the photograph of the naked girl in Vietnam running away from Agent Orange strikes (napalm). The My Lai Massacre was revealed in the S.Times under Evans. It was 1970. And, as was usual under Evans, a full report running over many weeks appeared. It was the turning point towards the end of the Vietnam War and against American Policy. My first letter to any national newspaper as a 19 year old about my feelings on My Lai, was published in the Sunday Times by Evans.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820800132294446009noreply@blogger.com