Boris Johnson accused of mimicking Trump as he bans journalists from press briefings and targets the BBC

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• Boris Johnson is accused of staging a Trumpian attack on British news organisations.
• Earlier this week Downing Street banned certain journalists from attending a media briefing.
• The incident sparked a mass walkout by journalists, with even pro-Conservative newspapers condemning the Johnson administration
• A Daily Mail columnist said the move "comes from President Trump's playbook."
• And today Johnson's government will announce controversial plans to review how the BBC is funded.
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Boris Johnson's government on Wednesday unveiled plans to unpick the BBC's funding model in a week which the prime minister has been accused of a Donald Trump-like attack on the British press.

The UK Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan used a speech this morning to announce a consultation on whether the British law making it a criminal offence to not pay the BBC license fee should be scrapped, warning that the organisation risked becoming a historical "relic" like the video rentals company Blockbuster.

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