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Media Coverage of the Financial Meltdown |
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Andy Burnham on Public Service Broadcasting |
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Adam Brickley |
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David Cameron and the Press |
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Comments on today's programme |
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Peston - Northern Rock
Richard Peston's claim that the run on Northern Rock was due to the fact that they did not have many branches is one of the most stupid excuses yet of a journalist trying to refute his irresponsibility in reporting his "scoop". Northern Rock and in particular their senior managers were the cause of the situation, but Peston undoubtedly exacerbated the situation in making it public before the Bank of England (or whoever) had an opportunity to take action and re-assure investors. This irresponsible action proved to be the thin end of the wedge. It certainly did not improve the anything other than bringing his name to the fore.More importantly it would be interesting to know who the insider was, and from which organisation, who gave Peston the "scoop"
G A Collins, Wilmslow Cheshire
Reporting with an Agenda
I was amused to hear the representative of the BBC News criticizing the American media for news reporting coloured by their own opinions. The UK media do this all the time. As a very recent example the BBC were obviously expecting the markets to fall yesterday (Tuesday) in response to the chaos in the US and so reported the movements in the FTSE all day as if this is what had happened when it quite clearly hadn't. This reached the heights of lunacy in the report on BBC News24 just after the markets closed when a reporter stated that the market had plunged in the morning only to recover in the afternoon following the lead of the US Stock Market whilst standing in front of a graph that clearly showed what had actually happened i.e: the markets had dipped briefly on opening then immediately rose strongly before continuing a steady rise through the rest of the day obviously the US market was leading from the back. I can recommend watching this report if you get the chance I am still laughing.
Tim Griffiths
Public Service Broadcasting
It's great to hear Andy Burnham exploring real options for change in PSB. But when are we going to hear DCMS and the Minister beginning to explore the possibilities for public service new media? It's where the future of electronic publishing is going, and yet Ofcom and Burnham alike have not grasped the idea that the web is the future of broadcasting, not the idiot box in the corner of the front room. Jon Pratty, arts and technology writer.
Jon Pratty
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Media (plural)
If you must have a new show called The Media Show, please employ a presenter who knows that "media" is the PLURAL of "medium". So "the media HAVE.." "the media ARE.." etc. At least the lady guest knows the difference, although even she was not consistent. Sorry to be pedantic, but it is very off-putting!
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Previous Programmes |
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1 October 2008
Andy Burnham on public service broadcasting
8 October 2008
Michael Grade on ITV
15 October 2008
Future of DAB Radio
22 October 2008
Andy Duncan and Channel 4
29 October 2008
Reporting Poverty
5 November 2008
Stephen Carter
12 November 2008
Lionel Barber and the FT
19 November 2008
Dr Tanya Byron on Kids TV
26 November 2008
Manchester and the Media
3 December 2008
Twitter's role in Mumbai Attacks
10 December 2008
Shannon Matthews and media coverage
17 December 2008
BBC Partnerships and media access to family courts
24 December 2008
Bush and the press and 1968 Apollo broadcast
31 December 2008
The Moralising Media
7 January 2009
Jeremy Hunt, Gaza Reporting and New Talent
14 January 2009
Prince Harry, Gaza, Persian TV and iPlayer
21 January 2009
Ofcom's PSB Review, Ross' return and British News
28 January 2009
Sir Michael Lyons, Hutton Report and New Nation
4 February 2009
Sky, Children and Reality TV and Financial Reporting
11 February 2009
BBC Children's Services, Jade Goody and Journalists' Conscience Clause
18 February 2009
Reporting Trauma, Subeditors and Teletext
25 February 2009
Dawn Airey, Disability on TV and Facebook
4 March 2009
Media and The Miners' Strike and ITV
11 March 2009
The Editors' Codebook, "Crown Jewels" of British Sport and Viviane Reding
18 March 2009
Christopher Meyer, Metro at Ten, Phorn and Impartial Drama
25 March 2009
Future of Journalism, Obama, Radio Caroline | |
Steve Hewlett |
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Steve Hewlett is a Guardian Columnist and broadcasting consultant. He is visiting Professor of Journalism and Broadcast policy at Salford University and a fellow of the Royal Television Society.
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How do you go about reporting a global financial crisis when public confidence in the system is such a critical factor in what subsequently actually happens? Can you tell it like it is or is the risk to the system too great if you do that? And what does it say for the standard of financial journalism that the many people heard about the problems in the global credit markets well after they’d already gone horribly wrong?
Last week Media regulator Ofcom published the latest instalment of its ongoing review into the future of Television Public Service Broadcasting. In a nutshell it says the current system – on the commercial side at least – is broken and will not survive the switch to digital due to be completed by 2012. Culture Secretary Andy Burnham gives us his views on the future of Public Service Broadcasting.
If you hadn’t heard of Sarah Palin before the Republican convention this month you are almost certainly not alone and in the good company of most of the American voters who will ultimately decide whether she becomes the second most powerful person in the United States. So how did she get from the relative obscurity of Alaska to be John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate? 
In about half an hour David Cameron will talk to the Convervative Party Conference in Birmingham, he has been doing well in the polls – the people seem to quite like him, but the press aren’t so sure. If it was the Sun Wot Won it for Tony Blair, what, if anything will the papers do for Cameron? Daniel Finkelstein, political columnist and associate editor of The Times joins us from the conference in Birmingham.
