Media Show

Media Show

BBC Radio 4's new topical programme The Media Show, presented by journalist and former TV executive Steve Hewlett, featuring the latest stories and opinion from the fast-changing world of media in all its forms; print, television, radio, online and telecommunications.

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  • Average duration:
    28 minutes

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  • 15 July 2009

    Wed, 15 Jul 09

    Duration:
    29 mins

    In light of the allegations of telephone hacking by the News of the World, Steve Hewlett explores exactly what the real story is and asks whether a press privacy law is now inevitable. As news headlines declare men are redundant in relation to the artifical sperm story, we look at whether science breakthroughs are reported responsibly by the media. And following Ben Bradshaw's comments about the BBC, Ben Fenton from the Financial Times tells us what the culture secretary really thinks of the BBC.

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