Media organisations across the country have come out in support of BristolLive’s boycott of the Bristol mayor’s press briefings. It follows the city council’s decision to ban BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporters from attending Marvin Rees’ fortnightly mayoral press conferences.
The comms chief at the council questioned LDR Alex Seabrook over whether he had the right to ask a certain question of the elected mayor regarding his flight to Vancouver to give a 15-minute TED talk on climate change.
After a video recording of the exchange was circulated on Twitter, the council said it would not allow the Local Democracy Reporters to attend the mayor’s regular briefings.
