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Speaks about Boris Johnson’s time as Brussels correspondent at the Telegraph and how his career thrived on stories about condoms and bananas etc - despite frequently missing briefings. “And now he’s Prime Minister,” Boulton says to a big laugh. #mediabrexit
How much responsibility does media have for rise in Euroscepticism? Adam Boulton says much broadsheet coverage was often fairly constructive before the EU referendum. #MediaBrexit
Panel of foreign journalists giving British Media a bit of a drubbing. British journalists used to be seen as the sharpest, but that’s changed they say. Reporters seen as failing to challenge on substance of some gov claims. #MediaBrexit
Panel also says British press interpretation of comments by foreign leaders in Brexit negotiations, for example, are out of step with how same comments covered in that country’s national press. #MediaBrexit
Some relief from @rasmus_kleis who says British journalists are “very smart hardworking people who care about [Brexit]”.
