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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:08 AM Sep 18

Australian Broadcasting Corporation barred from Trump's UK press conference after his clash with journalist John Lyons [View all]

The ABC has been barred from attending Donald Trump’s press conference near London this week after a clash between the broadcaster’s Americas editor, John Lyons, and the president in Washington DC over his business dealings.

The Australian broadcaster said its London bureau was informed by Downing Street that its accreditation to attend the press conference had been withdrawn for “logistical reasons”.
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Lyons, who is reporting for Four Corners, drew the ire of the president on Tuesday when he asked Trump how much wealthier he had become since returning to the Oval Office for his second term in January.

Trump accused the reporter of “hurting Australia” with the line of questioning.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/18/abc-barred-from-trumps-uk-press-conference-after-clash-with-australian-journalist-john-lyons

The Potemkin press conference will be worthless. Shame on the Downing Street apparatchiks who are purging the media allowed in from any chance of wrongthink.
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