It's like all the worst opinions about journalism in one. First that scrutiny of government is somehow abusive. As if we should all be nicer and more trusting of the nice men who run the country.
https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1364191188098678786
Johnson has arguably the most compliant press of anyone I've ever seen in Downing Street. And it's still evidently not enough for him.
Second that political journalism is a kind of politics-for-people-who-can't-get-into-politics. A fundamental misunderstanding of really fucking basic professional and constitutional responsibilities.
I could add the third unspoken element, which is that Johnson as a journalist lied, over and over again, sometimes facing the consequences and often not. Then he imported that quality to the heart of government.
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