Spin doctor

I used to enjoy firing off letters to newspapers. If they were published they produced no discernible results apart from occasional postcards from long lost relatives. Nevertheless, I felt that the papers were trying to help.

Now, recently installed as press officer to a royal college, how do I feel about the media? Uncomfortable when they focus on medicine's shortcomings. Stimulated when journalists ask incisive questions. Paranoid? No, surprisingly. The media rarely seem to be out to …