Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.
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2024-12-18 |
CNN Syria video, Health Misinformation, Time Person of the Year We discuss why CNN is under pressure after a viral news report from Syria turned out not to be all it claimed to be. As ABC News settles a defamation lawsuit with Donald Trump for $15m, we look at what it means for journalism. Also on the programme, a ... |
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2024-12-11 |
Media in the new Syria, how to be an online investigator, can you copyright a vibe? Kholoud Helmi, co-founder of independent Syrian newspaper Enab Baladi and reporter Edmund Bower discuss the fall of the Assad regime. We hear about claims of misconduct at one of the world’s largest LGBT media platforms. Mia Sato from The Verge and inf... |
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2024-12-04 |
How to interview Anna Wintour, welfare on TV sets, where to start with Reddit Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour talks to Katie about her career and the new exhibition, VOGUE: Inventing the Runway. As more allegations emerge about the conduct of Master Chef host Gregg Wallace, we hear about the on-set rules supposed to protect p... |
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2024-11-27 |
The end-of-life influencer, Christmas adverts, Mishal Husain leaves the BBC We talk to journalists and influencers about how they discuss assisted dying. As staff at The Observer vote to go on strike over the plans, its outgoing editor explains why he's against a proposed sale of the Sunday newspaper to Tortoise Media. We ask ... |
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2024-11-20 |
Investigating abuse in the Church of England, Tyson vs Paul, NYT Games, Leaving X for Bluesky The resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury has sparked renewed discussion about accountability in the Church of England. Cathy Newman, Presenter and Investigations Editor, Channel 4 News, reflects on her investigation which triggered it. Mark Stib... |
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2024-11-13 |
How to cover Trump now, Taskmaster creator Alex Horne and who will replace Gary Lineker? When Donald Trump won in 2016, it boosted cable news and newspaper subscriptions, with some outlets taking an avowedly anti-Trump stance; some even called this the ‘resistance’. What’s going to happen now? We talk to journalists with different approach... |
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2024-11-06 |
Trump's winning media strategy, Observer sale, royal journalism Donald Trump has pledged to send reporters to jail and strip major television networks of their broadcast licenses. We discuss how the Presidential campaign was covered and what happens next. James Harding of Tortoise Media discusses his plans to buy T... |
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2024-10-30 | This week, The Media Show broadcasts from Washington DC, and asks what the election tells us about the media's role in modern America. The Washington Post finds itself at the heart of a debate on media impartiality after a reported loss of thousands of... |
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2024-10-23 | George Osborne, presenter of Political Currency, on covering his first Labour budget as a journalist. After it was pulled from the programme of the London Film Festival at the weekend, Katie talks to the makers of the undercover film exposing UK far-ri... |
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2024-10-16 |
BBC News cuts, Isis Prisons Museum, the perils of press junkets The BBC has announced cuts to its news output including closing the interview show HARDtalk after nearly 30 years. We talk to HARDtalk presenter Stephen Sackur. The Isis Prisons Museum was established in 2017 when a group of journalists, filmmakers and... |
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