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To come to you. well, thanks to you as well forjoining us. that's eleanor from politicshome. so those are some of the practicalities of how the media operates on a day like this in westminster. let's also understand how politics and those within it are using the different forms of media to play out their sides of the story on a day like this. michael crick is a political journalist and author. we're also joined by jane martinson, columnist and professor of financial journalism at city university, and byjoeyjones, who was a spokesperson for theresa may when she was home secretary. before that, ...

That really compares with the fall of thatcher in 1990. i don't think we've had a day since then, but no doubt my colleagues will correct me and think of one that i haven't thought of. well, it's certainly a highly significant day. whether it's the most significant will be something that i'm sure manyjournalists will pore over. but, joeyjones, if we listen to michael crick�*s description of how much more complex the media landscape has become, presumably, as you once were, if you're inside politics, if you're dealing with the media, it's become much more complicated for people in those roles...

My colleague ione wells followed up with the original sun story. she broke a further story three or so days later. i'm sure the newspapers you mentioned would push back at the idea they're slavishly covering the prime minister in one way or another, but let's quickly run down how they've covered the events of the last 2a hours. the mail on sunday... sorry, if we go back to sunday, the mail on sunday ran a critical page. today, criticalfront page. today, the daily telegraph ran a column by lord frost, who negotiated brexit on behalf of borisjohnson. lord frost is calling for the prime minister ...

Jane? i thinkjoey made some of the points i would have made. i would say, in response to michael, in a way, that i think the press particularly has been too ready to turn the other cheek, to not really do it enough. but when push comes to shove, journalists are finding those stories. they are finding out. i mean, i would argue that the pincher story — you know, that could have been written about several months ago and nothing would have come of it. the actual story is that the prime minister said he knew nothing, and then a journalist found out that two years ago, he was the one who said, "p...

It's not actually over what pincher did. it's over how the reaction was the same. but here's the question. and, michael and joey, i'd like to put this to you — maybe michael first. does the system need to change? or are the problems thatjames is describing, where untruths are being briefed to the press, perhaps that is a problem specific to the current operation in number 10? well, i mean, i'm not, you know, involved in reporting the news on a day—to—day basis these days. but i don't see that the system needs to change. ijust think that the culture needs to change. and you probably need ...