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Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin

Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin.

Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin. Exploring the important questions about long-running stories and the latest global news. An honest, unvarnished, explanation of the world. Episodes from The Explanation, Unspun World, The Global Jigsaw and The Media Show.

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The Explanation: The Media Show: Netflix and the Baby Reindeer Fallout

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16/05/2024 GMT

The Media Show: Netflix and the Baby Reindeer Fallout

BBC World Service - The Explanation, The Media Show: Netflix and the Baby Reindeer Fallout

How a “true story” is alleged to be something rather more complicated

Baby Reindeer is the latest Netflix hit - but is facing allegations as to whether it’s fact or fiction, the secret to a hit TV news theme tune.

Baby Reindeer is the Netflix drama that purports to be a true story – but a woman has come forward to say it’s based on her, and that she’s been totally misrepresented. Meanwhile, Piers Morgan has done an interview with her that itself has been called exploitative. Also in the programme, how AI generated news stories have been passed off as the work of human journalists, and the secret to a hit TV news theme tune.

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