Podcasts Culture The Media Show Has No 10 called time on media scrutiny?

Has No 10 called time on media scrutiny?

Published: Feb. 5, 2020, 5:38 p.m.

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Broadcasters have complained after Boris Johnson\'s "address to the nation" on the eve of Brexit was made by Downing Street\'s PR team and not recorded by journalists. Meanwhile, a group of political journalists walked out of Number 10 after senior reporters claimed they had been barred from an additional press briefing. Also in the programme, the government announces a public consultation on whether non-payment of the TV licence fee should remain a criminal offence.

Amol Rajan is joined by Michael Crick, Mail Plus political correspondent, Jay Davies, Getty Images Director of News Photography and Claire Enders, founder of Enders Analysis.

Producer: Richard Hooper

Image shows Boris Johnson banging a gong to mark the UK\'s departure from the EU, in a photo taken by Downing Street\'s official photographer at an event journalists were excluded from

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