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The Media Show

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This is the programme about a revolution in media.

Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.

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The Media Show: 23/02/2011

23/02/2011

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, 23/02/2011

Mark Damazer on the BBC Trust, and Alex Thomson (Channel 4 News) on reporting Libya.

Mark Damazer on the BBC Trust, Channel 4's Chief News Correspondent and the BBC's World News Editor discuss reporting Libya and what next for My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding?

Former Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer shares his thoughts on the future of BBC Trust. What does he think of the man widely expected to be its new Chair, Lord Patten, and what will his biggest challenges be?

Steve Hewlett is joined by Alex Thompson, Chief News Correspondent at Channel 4, and the BBC's Wold News Editor Jon Williams. How do they deal with reporting on the protests which are sweeping the Middle East and Northern Africa? Does social media make it easier or more difficult? And, with Western journalists banned from Libya how can you verify what is happening on the ground? 

And the programme everyone is still talking about - My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. Veteran documentary maker Roger Graef and journalist Anne McElvoy discuss. 

The Producer is Joe Kent.

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