Earlier today, Boris Johnson embarrassed the nation and himself yet again by tweeting implied blame toward Russia for the death of journalist Arkadiy Babchenko in a shooting incident in Ukraine.
Inconveniently for Mr Johnson’s narrative – and credibility – Babchenko turned up unscathed at a globally-televised press conference a few short hours later.
Johnson wasn’t the only one.
Two well-known centrist tweeters piled on, in evident eagerness to exploit Babchenko’s then-death to attack Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters over the statesmanlike position he took after the Salisbury poisoning:
Think it’s safe to say their hasty tweets didn’t age well.
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The killing of journalists is a problem. Glad to see that this one is not dead.
The American military has been known to kill journalists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_bombing_of_the_Radio_Television_of_Serbia_headquarters