Does the camera lie after all?

When the former British Tory Cabinet minister Michael Gove moonlighted as a journalist for News Corp's The Times and travelled to the Unites States for Donald Trump's first interview with a British media outlet, he overlooked one important detail.

His behind-the-scenes piece, article and transcript of their interview, accompanied with photographs inside Trump Tower, conveniently cut out the other guest in the room - Rupert Murdoch.

REUTERS Donald Trump bonding with Rupert Murdoch at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland.

London's Financial Times reported the News Corp chairman sat in on the meeting. Both Gove and News Corp have been approached for comment.

The full transcript: @realDonaldTrump's interview with Michael Gove for The Times https://t.co/Bd9HsC5O2j pic.twitter.com/yl8NKAv9Qz — The Times of London (@thetimes) January 16, 2017

REUTERS Michael Gove's articles about Trump were widely lampooned as gushy in the British press.

Earlier this week, the same publication revealed Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, was, until December, a trustee of Murdoch's two young daughters, Grace and Chloe.

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Gove's articles were widely lampooned as gushy in the British press.

ITN Donald Trump wants to make a swift trade deal with the UK, MP Michael Gove, who interviewed the President before he took office.

"Trump Tower embodies the operating style of the man himself - the showy front is both a facade and a diversion; his real route to the top has been kept carefully hidden," Gove wrote in his exclusive.

Although in this extract it's clear the British MP made an attempt at self-deprecation.

"It was all boyish bonhomie and gushing sales talk.

"He even complimented me on my appearance, not just the first time anyone has ever said anything nice about my looks but also telling evidence for his many critics that he is either prepared to lie outrageously at the drop of a hat or has shockingly poor judgment."

Gove is a prominent figure in British politics. He was a Cabinet Minister in David Cameron's government but lost his frontbench position when Theresa May took the leadership.

A prominent campaigner for the Vote Leave side, he launched his own leadership bid, to the shock of his then friend Boris Johnson, who did not end up nominating for the job.

The MP for Surrey earns £150,000 (NZ$261,470) for his weekly column for the the influential broadsheet, according to his Register of Members' Interests.

Gove attended Murdoch's wedding to Jerry Hall at the historic St Bride's church in Fleet Street, in 2016.