Another day, another discovery about Hari’s journalism. This morning, I was alerted to the blatant way in which Johann Hari lied in The Independent about his celebrated spat with Richard Littlejohn.

According to his piece, Hari “kept offering [Littlejohn] facts, like the simple truth that the Association of Chief Police Officers has stated that asylum-seekers do not commit more crime than anyone else. Or that asylum-seekers and immigrants make a net contribution to the UK

economy of £2.5bn a year - saving us the equivalent of a penny on income tax.”

Unsurprisingly, for those of us wise to Hari’s methods, this is complete bullshit. As you’ll see from the video, Hari says nothing of the sort. (The exchange starts at around the 5-minute mark.)