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Tories under fire for banning local paper from filming Theresa May
The prime minister’s visit to a diving equipment factory in Helston, in the marginal seat of St Ives, was marred by a row about restricted media access when reporters from Cornwall Live said they were locked in a room to enforce the ban. They later clarified they were shut in the room.
Cornwall Live, the news website of a group of local newspapers that includes the Cornish Guardian, the Western Morning News and West Briton, was granted two questions with May but was prevented from filming the interview or any part of the visit.
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Jacqui Merrington, the digital editor of Cornwall Live, said the restriction showed an old-fashioned attitude towards the media. “It feels like either contempt or a lack of understanding of what we do in the local press generally. You can’t expect any local media to be entirely print-focused now and not have any digital element,” she said.
She said her media group had never experienced such an attempt to control journalists, adding: “This is certainly a different level in terms of restrictions. A number of us have had an experience with David Cameron and Tony Blair in the past – this was much more restricted than we have seen in the past. David Cameron did a walk through the town with us in Penzance about three years ago. We were allowed full access to him for a 45-minute period.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/02/theresa-may-liberal-democrats-defectors-south-west-stick-with-tories
The prime minister’s visit to a diving equipment factory in Helston, in the marginal seat of St Ives, was marred by a row about restricted media access when reporters from Cornwall Live said they were locked in a room to enforce the ban. They later clarified they were shut in the room.
Cornwall Live, the news website of a group of local newspapers that includes the Cornish Guardian, the Western Morning News and West Briton, was granted two questions with May but was prevented from filming the interview or any part of the visit.
...
Jacqui Merrington, the digital editor of Cornwall Live, said the restriction showed an old-fashioned attitude towards the media. “It feels like either contempt or a lack of understanding of what we do in the local press generally. You can’t expect any local media to be entirely print-focused now and not have any digital element,” she said.
She said her media group had never experienced such an attempt to control journalists, adding: “This is certainly a different level in terms of restrictions. A number of us have had an experience with David Cameron and Tony Blair in the past – this was much more restricted than we have seen in the past. David Cameron did a walk through the town with us in Penzance about three years ago. We were allowed full access to him for a 45-minute period.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/02/theresa-may-liberal-democrats-defectors-south-west-stick-with-tories
Prime Minister Theresa May visits Cornwall ahead of General Election
10:51 Strong leadership
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Mrs may managed to get the words 'strong' and 'leadership' into her second sentence.
10:46 Three minutes of the PM's time
We've been allowed to ask our questions to the prime minister (although we are forbidden to film or photograph her answering them).
We were given at most three minutes and were refused to be allowed to ask why we were not allowed to film her.
Our reporter Lyn was then ushered out of the room.
Read more at http://www.cornwalllive.com/prime-minister-theresa-may-visits-cornwall-ahead-of-general-election/story-30306323-detail/story.html#J7jIbAE1LaMwCVoe.99
10:51 Strong leadership
image:
Mrs may managed to get the words 'strong' and 'leadership' into her second sentence.
10:46 Three minutes of the PM's time
We've been allowed to ask our questions to the prime minister (although we are forbidden to film or photograph her answering them).
We were given at most three minutes and were refused to be allowed to ask why we were not allowed to film her.
Our reporter Lyn was then ushered out of the room.
Read more at http://www.cornwalllive.com/prime-minister-theresa-may-visits-cornwall-ahead-of-general-election/story-30306323-detail/story.html#J7jIbAE1LaMwCVoe.99
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