Boris Johnson complains to children that journalists are ‘always abusing people’
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Boris Johnson complained to children that journalists are “always abusing people” on a visit to a school.
The Prime Minister - a former journalist himself - made the comments on a visit to Sedgehill Academy, in Lewisham, south east London.
He said: "When you’re a journalist it’s a great, great job – it’s a great profession. But the trouble is that sometimes you find yourself always abusing people, attacking people.
“Not that you want to abuse or attack them, but you’re being critical.
“When maybe you feel sometimes a bit guilty about that because you haven’t put yourself in the place of the person you’re criticising. So I thought I’d give it a go."
Boris Johnson gave his view on journalism during a south London school visit during a session with pupils
I’m not sure if it was on camera.
But he said: “The problem with journalism is that it’s great - but you’re always criticising ... when you don’t put yourself forward”— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) February 23, 2021
Mr Johnson was a reporter for The Times in the late eighties but was fired for fabricating a quote. He later worked at the Daily Telegraph and The Spectator.
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