I think the idea is that having the Prime Minister even request to attempt censorship of civilian information, and be shot down like this, is an embarrassment t

I think the idea is that having the Prime Minister even request to attempt censorship of civilian information, and be shot down like this, is an embarrassment that makes the whole country, and its attempts to broadcast a good image to the world, look like corrupt, stupid rubes. (Yeah you can tell I bloody hate this government.)