IT WAS TO MY GREAT SURPRISE that on television today I saw Lord Conrad Black, aka Baron Black of Crossharbour, also known as Federal Bureau of Prisons prisoner #18330-424 of Coleman Federal Correctional Complex, Florida, ostensibly selling a book that he has recently completed.
FORMER TELEGRAPH OWNER BLACK, perhaps one of the few remaining “media barons” in the full sense of the term, was interviewed by "burly bully" Adam Boulton on Sky News this lunchtime.
AMONG THE MOMENTS OF FUN during which the Baron was visibly irritated by Boulton’s questions, bordering on the rude at times when he called Boulton a "jackass", we were given the information that this week he will be appearing on the programme Have I Got News for You, run by Ian Hislop, the editor of Private Eye, the magazine which for years headed a campaign to have Black brought to justice for what were allegedly fraudulent activities, involving, perhaps, stealing pensions from the employees of one of his companies.
OF COURSE WE NOW KNOW that he was innocent of all charges, and that his three-year spell in prison was all some unfortunate mistake or miscarriage of justice. It remains to be seen – as Lord Black did not appear to know any details about the programme – how he fares when faced with Hislop himself. We will see this Friday.
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