{"id":8483,"date":"2019-10-24T04:36:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T11:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=8483"},"modified":"2019-10-24T04:49:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T11:49:57","slug":"brexit-and-the-failure-of-journalism-the-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=8483","title":{"rendered":"“Brexit and the Failure of Journalism”, The Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Helen Lewis, Oct 24, 2109<\/p>\n

Poor coverage of Britain\u2019s withdrawal from the European Union risks creating a democratic deficit and storing up resentment for the future.<\/em><\/p>\n

Three words encapsulate the British media\u2019s collective failure to report on the country\u2019s withdrawal from the European Union: Get Brexit done.<\/em>It was the official slogan of this year\u2019s Conservative Party conference, that odd gathering of lobbyists, politicians, and party faithful that takes place every autumn. And unlike any other party-conference slogan I can remember, it resonated. In the past few weeks, several otherwise normal-seeming people have said it to me, unprompted: The thing is, we just need to get Brexit done<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the problem: The slogan is meaningless. As my colleague Tom McTague has pointed out, Brexit is for ever<\/a>. If and when a deal setting out the terms of Britain\u2019s departure from the EU is passed by Parliament, the argument simply moves on to their future relationship. That will involve interminable discussions. After all, which is trickier\u2014agreeing to divorce, or splitting up shared assets and arranging custody of the children? Additionally, whenever post-Brexit Britain makes trade deals on its own, it will face pressure to change its laws and regulations to accommodate the demands of its trading partners. That might include lowering product standards, such as accepting the U.S.\u2019s infamous chlorinated chicken<\/a>, or offering preferential treatment on visas<\/a> to countries such as India.<\/section>\n<\/div>\n