Those in power are employing the same tactics with the press that they used to defeat the Remain campaign and the Labour Party – but this pandemic can’t be downplayed, won’t be bullied and doesn’t require media management, writes Sean O'Grady
he “black arts” of political communication have been around for as long as politics itself. Certainly such habits as off-the-record briefings, leaks and “trailing” controversial policies have been features even during this, supposedly apolitical,crisis, but they’re nothing new.
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