Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after PM's aide tries to ban selected reporters - Guardian

[chilango]

I saw Huff Post mentioned whom I assume are a far left media entity?

Happy to stand corrected.

Why would you assume that, eh?

 

[Orang Utan]

I saw Huff Post mentioned whom I assume are a far left media entity?

Happy to stand corrected.

Huffington Post was started by an extremely rich American socialite. Maybe you’re confused and read socialist not socialite

 

[ska invita]

Marty nonsense aside, It is true that the papers banned were relatively left of the bunch. It's clear what this is, an attempt to demonise that part of the press that isn't in full kowtow to the Tories, and create a cultural notion for what passes as acceptable. As we don't have a left wing press this lot will have to do.

They kept the Guardian in, natch

 

[brogdale]

Marty nonsense aside, It is true that the papers banned were relatively left of the bunch. It's clear what this is, an attempt to demonise that part of the press that isn't in full kowtow to the Tories, and create a cultural notion for what passes as acceptable. As we don't have a left wing press this lot will have to do.

They kept the Guardian in, natch

It is clear what this is...and it's worked; look what we're talking about.

 

[Sprocket.]

I expect this will soon be the normal way of conducting press briefings.

 

[FiFi]

I saw Huff Post mentioned whom I assume are a far left media entity?

Happy to stand corrected.

"far left"
You do make me laugh, Marty1. Thank you.

 

[butchersapron]

Marty nonsense aside, It is true that the papers banned were relatively left of the bunch. It's clear what this is, an attempt to demonise that part of the press that isn't in full kowtow to the Tories, and create a cultural notion for what passes as acceptable. As we don't have a left wing press this lot will have to do.

They kept the Guardian in, natch

How? What does this have to do with what say the mirror publishes? Is it 60 pages on what boris johnson said at a presser or something?

 

[butchersapron]

Are papers filled with lobby briefings or something?

 

[butchersapron]

It;s not an attack/defence of a damn thing beyond the smug piss in the same pots comfy correspondents mates.

 

[StoneRoad]

Just re-checked the beeb - nothing obviously about covering this subject.

(17:35 3rd Feb 2020 for the record)

 

[cupid_stunt]

It has just been reported on the BBC News Channel.

 

[FiFi]

Just re-checked the beeb - nothing obviously about covering this subject.

(17:35 3rd Feb 2020 for the record)

I's just been an item on the BBC News channel.

 

[editor]

You don't believe in left or right though - just as every far-right clown who thinks they're pulling the wool over peoples eyes claims.

This one should have been gone by now.

I'm banning him off this thread for starters

 

[SpookyFrank]

Hasn't there always been some sort of approved list or could any old journo turn up until now? I presume you couldn't just wander in saying your from Mixmag or something.

These briefings would previously been at the HoC, to which the government does not control access, and have now been moved to 10 Downing Street where it does. This was flagged up a while back, with the prediction that exactly what has happened today would end up happening.

 

[petee]

I saw Huff Post mentioned whom I assume are a far left media entity?

jesus h. christ in a handbasket.

 

[SpineyNorman]

Wonder if this has anything to do with Dominic Cummings?

He’s been frequently ambushed on the streets by reporters rather than booking sit down interviews, I assume the former is to paint him in as bad a light as possible.

Nonetheless, banning far left news organisations from press briefings is a bad move bound to open a can of worms.

Lol you're so fucking transparent.

 

[JimW]

Auto(nomist) Trader.

 

[Raheem]

I's just been an item on the BBC News channel.

Good for you.

 

[two sheds]

Good for all of us that it's appearing in more far-left news outlets.

 

[JimW]

Farmers and Soldiers Weekly

 

[rekil]

Farmers and Soldiers Weekly

Take A (Union Mandated) Break

 

[Steel Icarus]

Proletarichat!

 

[andysays]

No word yet on whether the correspondent from Workers' Girder was excluded?

 

[not a trot]

Lord Snooty representing The Beano got an invite.

 

[FiFi]

Good for you.

That will teach me for not checking my work when I’m typing on my phone

 

[ska invita]

So this barely got reported. BBC didnt have in on their website at all that i could see, apart from a paragraph on a live blog no one saw. Only those excluded reported about it
Needless to say if Corbyn in opposition, never mind in power, had done this it would be front page top story news.

 

[butchersapron]

So this barely got reported. BBC didnt have in on their website at all that i could see, apart from a paragraph on a live blog no one saw. Only those excluded reported about it
Needless to say if Corbyn in opposition, never mind in power, had done this it would be front page top story news.

So, are you defending 'our' shit media or attacking it here?

 

[colacubes]

The Guardian reported on it this morning and on their liveblog yesterday and they weren't excluded. Also the Times have got a report on it - they were excluded but apparently only because they sent a different journalist.

 

[skyscraper101]

Wasn't there some handbags the other day when the media were briefed about Johnson giving a statement at 10pm before Brexit, and it was widely expected to be live outside No.10 and then it turned out he just released a pre-recorded video to social media, so BBC/ITV etc didn't show it in full on principle other than snippets saying he'd done a video.

 

[ska invita]

Openly Orwellian response from the Tories in parliament today.

Laughter erupts as Tory MP claims government is ‘committed to open dealings with press’ – video

The comments come after Downing Street’s decision to ban certain journalists from a government briefing

www.theguardian.com