Downing Street Bans Sunday Times From Coronovirus Briefings

[Zacs-Master]

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/downing-street-bars-sunday-times-journalists-from-posing-questions-during-coronavirus-briefing-toby-helm-observer-1-6625055
Channel 4 has also been banned.

A strange path to go down.

[Mamyalynne]

I agree with Ich, today's questions were calm,measured and sensible.

[woofgang]

I have watched every single briefing and I see much better questions being asked by the smaller media organisations....I mean they aren't all brilliant but in general they do seem to do better than the big cheeses. I like the question from the public idea too.

[Togo]

Read at your peril.

https://independencedaily.co.uk/your-daily-betrayal-monday-27th-april-2020-36th-covid-19-pandemic-special-day-35-of-lockdown-britain/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=INDEPENDENCE+Daily+Newsletter1

[woofgang]

again, not especially disinterested

[Gromit]

The daily briefings from No.10 are a complete waste of time.
They are like a party political broadcast stuck on a loop.

Banning journalists from doing their job is a desperate tactic from a Government in complete disarray over the pandemic. If they think the SundayTimes and Channel 4 will quietly give up holding those responsible to account by attempting to gag them, I suspect they are in for a shock - those barred will be even more vociferous because they no long have a special privilege to keep.

[naomi24]

Gromit, //Banning journalists from doing their job is a desperate tactic from a Government in complete disarray over the pandemic.//

But they haven't been banned ... have they?

[Mozz71]

It doesn't look like it, but if they had have banned them, then Gromit is right with his assessment.

[fiction-factory]

Read at your peril, TOGO? Just more anti MSM/conspiracy theory twaddle

[Togo]

//It doesn't look like it, but if they had have banned them, then Gromit is right with his assessment.// sic.

Another solution to a problem that doesn't exist then? Same old same old.

[Gromit]

They have been banned from asking questions. So they have been banned from doing their job.

[Mozz71]

//They have been banned from asking questions//

But have they? I still can see no proof of this.