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

[skyscraper101]

Shame there isn't the same amount of press solidarity in the US

White House excludes CNN from annual pre-SOTU lunch with news anchors

President Donald Trump's targeting of CNN is moving to yet another arena: The annual presidential lunch with television network anchors.

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[Raheem]

Shame there isn't the same amount of press solidarity in the US

Think there was a bit, initially, unless I dreamt it. But it wore off, so maybe worth saving a bit of praise for later.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Shame there isn't the same amount of press solidarity in the US

White House excludes CNN from annual pre-SOTU lunch with news anchors

President Donald Trump's targeting of CNN is moving to yet another arena: The annual presidential lunch with television network anchors.

edition.cnn.com

Tbh that is clearly wrong in the first place, and if they had any self respect or ethical standards none of them would ever go.

 

[skyscraper101]

Tbh that is clearly wrong in the first place, and if they had any self respect or ethical standards none of them would ever go.

Well quite. It's all a bit too weird and cosy for my liking. Like the White House Correspondents dinner.

 

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[FridgeMagnet]

Well quite. It's all a bit too weird and cosy for my liking. Like the White House Correspondents dinner.

Oh god that's nuts. I remember all the fuss about Trump not going to it and wanting to say "do you not realise how fucked this is in the first place? How much more of a statement do you want to make that everyone here is in the same political class?"

Not that it isn't true here too of course.