A fascinating analysis of an instance of the new type of character assassination that blew up and ended up discrediting the assassin instead:https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/04/the-scruton-tapes-an-anatomy-of-a-modern-hit-job/ …
Haven’t followed that closely, but from what I understand, shouldn’t this be “as well” instead of “instead”? Reminds me of the scorpion and the frog. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog …
