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Now on bbc news. its time for the media show. hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline—grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in whats been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? were also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and were asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to...

David camerons spokesman was craig oliver. you know, this is not... you know, labour had seumas milne from the guardian. you know, this is not an unusual thing at all. whats slightly more unusual in this case is moving back again so quickly. and that, i think, is the thing that makes it very hard because people are inevitably asking, "hang on a minute, is the sun reporting this with one hand tied behind its back because its own hierarchy are involved in the story?" and that can be very difficult...

Time for the media show. hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline—grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in whats been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? were also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy, and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and were asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to my guests. joeyjone...

Hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline—grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in whats been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? were also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy, and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and were asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to my guests. joeyjones was spokesman for there...

Do you believe whats happened this week is a deliberate distraction technique? and did you ever resort to it? i think it was a pointless technique — i mean, a pointless attempt at distraction, if you like. i mean, either borisjohnson is being badly advised or hes being very well—advised and hes ignoring the advice. but whichever it is, hes ending up trying to, as i say, tick—box populist policies to allow some of his potential critics on the backbenches to feel that their hobbyhorse issue ...

And, helen, i mentioned the telegraph. borisjohnson was their star columnist for years. theyve supported him throughout this crisis. but it was the telegraph that broke the story about parties the night before prince philips funeral. do you think borisjohnson has lost their support? i wouldnt bet against in some future time him being offered another massive contract to write telegraph columns if his, you know, reign of a thousand years ever end. obviously, who can imagine that happening? but wha...

In lbc when i was chief exec there in 200a. we invited tony blair to do a phone—in and literally sit there and push the faders and take the calls. so im probably to blame for all of this. now theyre all at it, arent they? i think we took the view — and certainly the people that now run lbc have taken this to a fantastic level — that actually its great to have an unmediated opportunity for listeners to speak directly to politicians. its great whatjournalists do, and journalists have got kno...

Process of getting out these massive headline—grabbing announcements. the bbc funding one, for example, the ft reported this morning that there were cabinet ministers yesterday who were concerned theyd been bounced into supporting this. it was all very rushed. the same goes for the policy announcement that came a couple of days ago, so the government said they would send the military and the navy to help deal with the small boats crisis and a lot of sort of royal navy chiefs and mps themselves...

Bounced into supporting this, it was all very rushed. the same goes for the policy announcement that came a couple of days ago — so the government said they would send the military and the navy to help deal with the small—boats crisis and a lot of sort of royal navy chiefs and mps themselves on the tory side criticising that. it all feels very rushed, a little bit desperate to try and distract us all. and we will come back to the bbc licence fee later. butjoeyjones, you know, as someone who ...

The prime minister that borisjohnson was much better able, better equipped to deal with than the contrition that you could see he found very difficult on last weeks pmqs and indeed notably in that interview that took place with beth rigby yesterday. we can see why you were good at your spinning job back then! helen lewis from the atlantic. that quote from david davis, you know, its the kind of quote that newspaper editors dream of, isnt it? yeah, i thought it was very interesting to go back and ...