British prime minister follows a pattern set by populist leaders in sidelining the mainstream media
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP/ SAUL LOEB
Instead, government spin doctors controlled the entire process. The image of Johnson striking the gong was taken by his official government photographer. The speech was recorded by his staff, armed with a video camera, and then released to the public via his Twitter and Facebook accounts. As part of the reforms, the government’s digital media operation has been beefed up, an official photographer hired, and time made in Johnson’s schedule to answer public questions on Facebook once a week.
Among his most controversial statements was to describe Muslim women wearing a face veil as looking like “letterboxes”, gay men as being “bum boys”, and using the racist term “piccaninnies”.
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