The British media have been described as “feral” (a word used by Tony Blair, among others). The questions asked of politicians by journalists are often so aggressive or implicitly insulting that one wonders why their recipients don’t walk out of interviews in a huff, or wither on the spot from humiliation.
发自伦敦——一般来说，英国政治堪称某种残忍的竞技运动。议会辩论里充斥着针锋相对和人身攻击。而英国媒体的作为则可以用“野蛮”两字来形容（出自前首相东尼·布莱尔之口）。记者质问政治家的问题极富挑衅性以及侮辱意味，以致人们都奇怪为何被提问者不会勃然大怒，拂袖而去，又或者当场颜面扫地，无地自容。