After the Prime Minister met with Channel 5 CEO Amalia Mai on December 23rd and made nice with her - it was just a matter of time before government rolled back its blockade against the Ashcroft Allied station.
And that's just what cabinet did today. A short, sheepish release says, quote: "Cabinet has agreed to lift the ban and reinstate normal relations with Great Channel 5 on the commitment of Channel 5 to be visibly fair and impartial."
We don't know who's the judge of visibly fair and impartial coverage, but we do know that it took only 28 words to dissolve the blockade that had been declared on December 7th in a 490 word release…
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