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Old 19-05-2017, 02:28   #564
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Re: June 8th General Election

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
(they've also banned Sky News from the campaign for some reason).
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BuzzFeed
"Since early in the election campaign, Sky News has not been getting live interviews on election issues with Conservative ministers," a spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. "Also, we weren’t initially invited to follow the leader’s tour. We understand this to be because members of the prime minister’s team are unhappy with aspects of our political coverage. Sky News stands by its journalism and is committed to fair, impartial, and accurate reporting of all the political parties."
One source also claimed Sky News did not receive advance briefing of the Conservatives' manifesto launch on Thursday, despite some friendly newspapers being given previews of some policies.
The highly unusual intervention comes after a number of confrontations between the channel and Theresa May's team. On the first day of the snap election campaign, when at short notice the prime minister announced a public statement on an unknown topic in Downing Street, veteran presenter Adam Boulton speculated on air that one possible explanation could be her health.
Moments later Boulton – who is nicknamed Bunter – received a text message from Downing Street chief of staff Fiona Hill, saying: "You might want to tell Bunter that he should watch what he is saying about my boss's health, utterly unfounded and untrue." He immediately read the message out on air.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson...eeB#.gbj7OGVVB
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