
أغر؟´«أ½ in the news, Tuesday
- 10 Oct 06, 10:23 AM
The Independent: The paper's diary column on Jeremy Paxman speaking at the Cheltenham Book Festival. ()
The Guardian: More reaction to Graham Norton's comments on drug taking. ()
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The Independent: The paper's diary column on Jeremy Paxman speaking at the Cheltenham Book Festival. ()
The Guardian: More reaction to Graham Norton's comments on drug taking. ()
Daily Mail, Times: Reports on survey of PC security conducted by the أغر؟´«أ½ News website. ()
Guardian: أغر؟´«أ½ wins first round of Saturday night TV viewing battle. ()
Daily Mail: أغر؟´«أ½ History Magazine stages battlefield tests of longbows. (No link)
Guardian: Thanks to أغر؟´«أ½ America, a host of British TV shows are hits in the States. ()
Guardian: Letter about أغر؟´«أ½ cross-promotion. ()
The Independent: "The أغر؟´«أ½ newscaster Darren Jordon, yesterday became the latest high profile presenter to join the soon-to-be-launched Al Jazeera International." ()
The Mirror: Claims that the 300mph crash that nearly killed Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond will be shown on TV. ()
The Guardian: "Journalists could be in line for the Nobel peace prize - but not if they work for the أغر؟´«أ½." ()
Daily Mail: "Richard Hammond's 300mph crash in a jet-powered dragster will not spell the end for the أغر؟´«أ½'s controversial Top Gear, it has been reported today." ()
The Guardian: "The Liberal Democrats have called on the chancellor to stop obstructing a 'fair أغر؟´«أ½ licence fee deal', after earlier reports of a cabinet split on the issue." ()
The Express: Claims that presenter Fiona Bruce is at the centre of a "barmy أغر؟´«أ½ row" over a crucifix worn on air. (no link available)
The Guardian: A columnist criticises the amount of coverage given by the أغر؟´«أ½ to Richard Hammond's accident. ()
The Telegraph: Reports on Tony Blair's appearence on today's Blue Peter. ()
The Guardian: "The أغر؟´«أ½ has dismissed as "banter" an incident on Chris Moyles' Radio 1 show today in which footballer Rio Ferdinand called the DJ a 'faggot'." ()
The Telegraph: "The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales is to make a formal complaint to the أغر؟´«أ½ over a controversial documentary". ()
The Guardian: An analysis of أغر؟´«أ½ One's controversial new idents. ()
The Herald: "The أغر؟´«أ½ has tightened up the rules on its star news and current affairs journalists writing lucrative newspaper and magazine columns or books, and making public speeches." ()
The Telegraph: A diary feature on what happened when أغر؟´«أ½ reporter Jo Coburn interviewed former US president Bill Clinton. ()
Press Gazette: "Journalists at أغر؟´«أ½ News could go on strike within seven days if the corporation goes ahead with threatened compulsory redundancies, according to the NUJ." ()
The Telegraph: "The head of one of Britain's biggest media agencies has blamed regulator Ofcom for allowing the أغر؟´«أ½ to behave like a 'spoilt child'." ()
Daily Mail: "The أغر؟´«أ½ has spent آ£1.2 million of licence payers' cash on 80 seconds of programming." ()
The Telegraph: Reports that pigeons are disrupting the أغر؟´«أ½'s Labour conference coverage in Manchester. ()
The Guardian: "أغر؟´«أ½ News is to axe 108 jobs by the end of March next year in a bid to save آ£11m." ()
The Telegraph: "Bolton manager Sam Allardyce says he is planning to sue the أغر؟´«أ½ over allegations that he took illegal payments from player transfers." ()
The Guardian: A columnist criticises the أغر؟´«أ½'s choice of interviewees in relation to climate change reports. ()
All papers: continued discussion of Panorama investigation into football bungs.
Sunday Telegraph: أغر؟´«أ½ plans to launch iPlayer, which will make TV and radio programmes available online, criticised by commercial media sector. ()
Sunday Telegraph: Alleges Abu Izzadeen regards appearance on Today as a "propaganda coup". ()
Daily Mirror: Abu Izzadeen interview meant "other Muslims lost their chance to voice their concerns", writes columnist Tony Parsons. ()
Daily Telegraph: أغر؟´«أ½ criticised for having shut the Thai language section of the World Service before the coup. ()
Guardian: أغر؟´«أ½ Scotland output treats Scottish news as local rather than national, says commentator Iain MacWhirter. ()
Guardian: Downing St communications director David Hill replies to أغر؟´«أ½ Head of TV News Peter Horrocks, saying Number 10 does regularly complain to 24-hour news channels about specific aspects of coverage. (No link)
Independent: Interview with Five Live's Simon Mayo. ()
The Times (amongst others): Reports on Wednesday's crash involving TV presenter Richard Hammond. ()
The Guardian: أغر؟´«أ½ Chairman Michael Grade writes on how to achieve impartiality in the digital age. ()
Daily Mail (amongst others): Reports on the car crash that has left أغر؟´«أ½ presenter Richard Hammond fighting for his life. ()
The Guardian: "The أغر؟´«أ½ has persuaded John Humphrys to venture abroad professionally for the first time in more than 25 years to host the Today programme from Iraq." ()
All papers: Sam Allardyce among those accused of being involved in taking bungs in a Panorama investigation.
Independent and Telegraph: Access to أغر؟´«أ½ and CNN restricted in Thailand after coup. ()
Independent: Charles Kennedy to appear on Question Time. ()
Daily Mail: Lembit Opik says he's complained after a Radio Five Live interview.
Financial Times: Letters challenging licence fee research. ()
Daily Mail: Columnist Richard Littlejohn attacks the أغر؟´«أ½ for inflaming the controversy over recent remarks made by the Pope. (no link available)
The Guardian: A report into a أغر؟´«أ½ investigation into football's "bung culture", which will be broadcast on tonight's Panorama. ()
The Independent: An interview with the أغر؟´«أ½'s political editor Nick Robinson. ()
The Guardian: An interview with the head of أغر؟´«أ½ TV News Peter Horrocks. ()
Sunday Mirror: that pop star Pete Doherty has been selected to guest edit the Today programme. (The أغر؟´«أ½ has issued a statement denying this).
The Guardian: "The أغر؟´«أ½ is to reveal the prices of its programmes and research into the costs of running the corporation." ()
The Scotsman: "The أغر؟´«أ½ was yesterday told by the government that it cannot expect a "blank cheque" from licence-fee payers to fund the corporation." ()
The Independent: "The award-winning comedy actor Chris Langham has been charged with eight counts of indecent assault and one other sexual offence." ()
The Mirror: "Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell will today tell the أغر؟´«أ½ to forget plans for a آ£180 television licence fee." ()
The Guardian: A columnist talks about how language can affect broadcast interviews. ( - scroll to the bottom of the page)
The Independent: "Actor Chris Langham, who is facing a court case over child pornography charges, will not appear in a special Christmas edition of the hit political satire The Thick of It." ()
The Sun: "أغر؟´«أ½ staff were quizzed by bosses yesterday after filming a spoof video of the Middle East crisis." ()
The Mirror: "The son of أغر؟´«أ½ director Alan Yentob was stabbed by muggers outside the family's home, it was revealed yesterday." ()
The Guardian: A interview with the new host of Radio 4's Broadcasting House, Paddy O'Connell. ()
The Independent: Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler pays tribute to veteran reporter Charles Wheeler. ()
The Guardian: An interview with أغر؟´«أ½ news presenter George Alagiah. ()
The Daily Telegraph: Obituary for former controller of Radio 3 and director of the أغر؟´«أ½ Proms, Sir John Drummond. ()
Daily Telegraph: Charles Kennedy has been asked to present a أغر؟´«أ½ Scotland programme on the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union. ()
The Guardian: A mini-series made by US network ABC and due to be broadcast on أغر؟´«أ½ Two on Sunday, The Road to 9/11, has come under fire for blaming the Clinton administration for failing to capture Osama bin Laden. ()
Daily Mail: Michael Parkinson calls for more intelligent women to be given plum jobs on TV.(No link)
Daily Telegraph: Obituary for أغر؟´«أ½ presenter Anne Gregg. ()
The Guardian: "Former أغر؟´«أ½ foreign correspondent-turned-politician Martin Bell has attacked the corporation's Six O'Clock News." ()
The Mirror: "The أغر؟´«أ½ should give police any evidence that clears Barry George of killing Jill Dando, his Irish family said yesterday." (no link available)
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