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The reaction to Boris Johnson’s article about Ken Bigley and resulting implications for the media
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The reaction to Boris Johnson's article about Ken Bigley and resulting implications for the media. When Boris Johnson's article in The Spectator1 caused controversy a week ago, it raised questions not only about the ethical position of politicians involved in journalism, but also about the freedom of the media and its relationship with regulators and governmental bodies. Boris Johnson is a much- derided figure, often attacked for his looks and manner rather than his views and actions. In a radio interview for the BBC, for example, Paul Bigley (Ken's brother) accused him of being a "self- centred, pompous twit"2 and belittled him for his appearance and waffling manner despite the valid points in the article, and subsequent apology.3 This tact was followed by newspapers almost without exception; The Times, for example, started their article with a quote from Michael Howard denouncing Johnson's writing as "nonsense from beginning to end,"4 a comment in...
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