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04/11/2009

Reporting drugs; comedy and offence; the 'manufactured outrage' of web-based protest; internet guru Steven Johnson.

After the sacking of government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt, we look at whether the way the media covers drugs has a bigger impact on policy making than the science.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trust has upheld a complaint about Mock the Week, finding that comedian Frankie Boyle's comments about swimmer Rebecca Adlington were 'humiliating'. We talk to Richard Tait of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trust and comedian Steve Punt about when comedy becomes offensive.

Almost half of the 22,000 people who complained to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ about its decision not to run a Disasters Ememrgency Committee appeal for Gaza actually contributed to it. Media historian Professor Jean Seaton explains why she is concerned about web-based protests.

Plus, the future of news according to American author, journalist and visionary Steven Johnson.

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