Rothermere, lord of all he surveys

Should you offer reflections about a newspaper for which you write a column, if it’s the media story of the month?

However hard you try, complete objectivity is impossible. But the task must be undertaken nonetheless.

Geordie Greig has been summarily dismissed as editor of the (where I have a column), arguably the most powerful job in what used to be called Fleet Street. This came as a huge shock to most observers, and to Greig himself. It seemed he had done what was