To the accompaniment of Johnny Cash's Hurt, last night's Newsnight began with an election montage:
This clip by @BBCNewsnight is an absolutely brutal look back at how the election worked out. pic.twitter.com/O73YcVzT4g— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) June 9, 2017
I may be misreading the intent of his tweet, but I'm not entirely sure that Marr Show editor Rob Burley was quite as impressed by it as others:
My hunch is that he doesn't feel it reflects well on the concept BBC impartiality.
(Not that such things bother Newsnight's Ian Katz, as we know from Evan Davis).
(Not that such things bother Newsnight's Ian Katz, as we know from Evan Davis).
