Depicted as a warmonger, the future PM had a very modern dislike of media criticism, reveals new book
It is one of the earliest examples of a politician accusing the media of fake news. And it illustrates that, despite having been a journalist himself, Winston Churchill had an ambivalent relationship with the press, praising it on occasions, attacking it on others.
Churchill had been incensed by a picture published on the back page of the Daily Herald on 4 June 1929, that showed him outside 11 Downing Street carrying a book with the title War clearly visible. The caption suggested that war was “one of his favourite subjects”.
His refusal to back down when proven wrong is reminiscent of today’s politicians who label criticism as 'fake news’
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