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Morgan and Campbell branded 'media whores': Alastair Campbell, Piers Morgan, Jamie Oliver, Max Clifford and the Queen have all been judged arch media manipulators by men's style magazine Arena.
The latest issue of the upmarket men's glossy features a list of the top 50 most accomplished "media whores" in Britain today, compiled, according to the magazine, not from B-list celebrities such as Jordan and Gareth Gates, but from those who know the difference between good and bad publicity.
"We recognise that playing the media at their own game is becoming an increasingly sophisticated business and those that are particularly good at it deserve to be recognised," said the deputy editor of Arena, William Drew. [...]
The overall winner is the Queen, following a highly successful golden jubilee year which culminated in a national holiday, two televised concerts and a huge procession down the Mall.