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29 Nov, 5 tweets, 1 min read
OK Freddy and your defence for the other racists the Spectator has published over the last few decades?
So the response to the problem of platforming racists is to say ‘if other people are doing it then so should we’?
And not confronting racists over their racism is justified by that not being your personal ‘style’?
Is there any component of a journalistic code of conduct that could not be side-stepped by claiming a ‘style’ exemption @Freddygray31 ?
Not confronting racism is ok because tackling it ‘bores’ you? What other aspects of journalistic ethics can we give the writer a pass for if it happens to bore them?

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