Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Heard this mentioned on Feedback on Radio 4 this evening. The BBC's Royal Correspondent Jonny Dymond talked about the care needed when reporting on Royal events. He mentioned the interview given by Harry and Meghan and said he thought very carefully about the language he used all the time. Someone on Twitter had criticised his use of the phrase "tarred with the same brush" when mentioning the racism allegations. He had reflected and agreed that it was inappropriate.

Here's a good explainer on the phrase: https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-tar1.htm