Two press releases. Same story. But with a different emphasis. So which should be the intro?
Rafael Behr becomes the new political editor of the New Statesman? Or Mehdi Hasan joins the Huffington Post?
Sure, cynics may well say neither is worth reporting anyway. But I'm doing so regardless...
For the record, Behr is raised up from his role as the magazine's political commentator to replace Hasan.
In turn, Hasan, has been appointed political director of the HuffPo's UK outfit.
In the NS press release, the magazine's NS editor Jason Cowley said something nice about Hasan - sorry to see him go, good wishes, we shall miss him etc - while saying something nice about Behr - first rate writer who "will excel in his new role."
It also transpires that Hasan will go on writing columns for the NS.
As for the HuffPo press release, it greets Hasan as "one of the leading political commentators in Britain". And its editor-in-chief, Carla Buzasi, echoes Cowley by saying that Hasan is "a talented and passionate writer."
And we learn that he is joining HuffPo as it goes from strength to strength. Enough!
Sources: NS/HuffPo
