The Media Show

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Welcome to The Media Show from the BBC World Service.

This is Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall, and we'll be taking you inside the world of news and entertainment.

This week on The Media Show, we're looking at the right of reply, one of journalism's basic principles.

Some journalists now say that offering the subject of a story the chance to respond before publication is being used against them.

We'll find out why.

I do think that, uh, i- in, in this day and age, I think it's appropriate for broadcasters to continue the life of the journalism for a little bit online, um, because it does get legally complicated.

And yes, you know, I, I may respond on my own, but I think the advice is often, "Don't engage." Um, that's what we're often told as journalists, and I do think that that is increasingly outdated in a world where the subjects of our journalism are fighting back in this way.

So we may think that we're taking a higher ground, but we're actually not part of the conversation sometimes.

Matt, thank you very much for coming on to The Media Show.

We appreciate it.

That's Matt Shea, also Guto Harry and Karen Fowler-Watt.

So I think it's completely valid and the students seem to be really happy.

Stay with us, Jackie.

Joining us on the media show to talk about this as well is Damian Jordan of Damian Talks Money.

Damian, we'll hear from you in a moment, but first of all, let's hear a clip from one of your videos.

[instrumental music] Welcome to The Explanation from the BBC World Service.

This is Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall, and this is The Media Show.

We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.

This week on The Media Show, the UK Culture Secretary joins us to give her vision for the future of the BBC.

We're looking at an undercover investigation broadcast on Channel 4 into Reform UK.

And we'll explore a documentary that's been following the lives of a group of children since 1964.

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Now, it's a question we return to fairly regularly on The Media Show.

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Hello and welcome to The Media Show.

Katie, you've already recorded our first interview.

Yes, I have.

I think it's very hard to say that this was a hoax or didn't highlight some interests of public concern.

James, as ever,

thank you very much for joining us on The Media Show.

Well, this story also shines a spotlight on how polling is used by political parties and the media.

Welcome to The Explanation from the BBC World Service.

I'm Ros Atkins and this is The Media Show.

We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.

This week on The Media Show, the BBC's Lise Doucette tells us about her reporting trip to Afghanistan five years after the Taliban returned to power.

We'll hear how she persuaded them to grant her a visa and the steps she took to protect the identities of the people she spoke to.

And we'll meet the German software engineer behind a new term you may have seen on social media.

While at the same time, you're kind of absolving yourself of the responsibility.

Because if the AI makes any mistake, you raise your hands and say, silly AI, it wasn't my fault, you know.

As I said, a lot to get through.

But first of all, my BBC News colleague Lise Doucette is here in the media show studio with me.

It's now five years since the US pulled troops out of Afghanistan, leaving the Taliban to take charge.

And as I'm sure you're aware, Lise has reported from there many times.

Lise de Zet, thank you very much indeed.

And you can find Lise's reporting from Afghanistan on the BBC News website.

Now, next on the media show, as I was mentioning a little bit earlier, there's a new phrase relating to AI that we wanted to learn a bit more about.

It was, I confess, a new one on me, but it's being quite widely used.

[upbeat music] Welcome to The Explanation from the BBC World Service.

I'm Ros Atkins, and this is The Media Show.

We're here to explain the trends behind the fast-changing media landscape.

Hello, and this week on The Media Show, I'm in Edinburgh for the annual International TV Festival, where the industry's biggest players have gathered from around the world to debate the future of television.

I've got a heavyweight panel of TV execs with me.

We'll assess the health of the industry, and we'll find out about some of the trends coming to a small screen near you.

We're gonna get into revenue in just a moment, but let's bring someone else into our conversation.

Clare Mundell is managing director and creative director of Synchronicity Films.

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Hello and welcome to the media show from Edinburgh.

I'm here for the annual TV festival and I'm flying solo today as Katie's off.

And across this edition, we're going to look at the direction of the UK TV industry.

Like I don't see why change is a bad thing.

And like lots of new voices and people who couldn't get out there before are now.

Well, we're very glad to have both of you on the media show.

This is a silly question, but I'm going to ask it anyway.