Are we all agreed we're living through the strangest of times?

Absolutely. I flew back from America up but a week ago

and I haven't seen any of my family or friends at all.

Yeah, it's a horror movie that I would not go to see.

I thought Brexit was going to be the biggest story that I ever had to cover

and I can tell you most definitely not the case given the bizarre

events of the past month or so. Well you don't need any of us to tell you how COVID-19 has

changed the way we're living our lives for the next 20 minutes or thereabouts on this edition

of Red Lines. We're going to reflect on the impact it's had on politics and its relationship

with the media.

Journalism has had to completely rethink both how it operates and the nature of its relationship with the decision makers it's required to hold to account.

Our political correspondence, Gareth Gordon and Enda McClafferty are on the line and

with me on the far side of the studio is Chrisler, who's just joined BBC Northern Ireland's presentation team

after two years, of course,

as Washington correspondent.

Chris, this wasn't quite the plan.

No.

I mean, it's so unusual to arrive back in this building,

and it's half empty.

You wonder about these corridors,

and you see people standing meters apart

leaning against corridor

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