Journalists are supposed to ask questions. Whatever you think about the media, that’s still rule number 1 of the job. Or so I thought.
Britain’s torrid election campaign has exposed just how swiftly a barrage of lies, misinformation and dark money can bend a broken political system out of shape.
But worse still, it’s revealed how many of our leaders no longer seem to agree with a fundamental, basic premise of democracy: that journalists are there to ask questions.
