now — an hour later than usual due to that news conference in washington about the us mail attacks — it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed. this week, why do some marches and demonstrations get more tv coverage than others? hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. did bbc news get the right, next to last weekend's peoples will march and london? and why do other demonstrations and protests go relatively unreported. first a torrent of speculation after the court of appeal issued an injunction preventing the newspaper from revealing that person's identity. the bbc news channel reported the fact under the rules of qualified privilege. lord hain has

used parliamentary published to name retail billionaire sir philip green as the... lord hain‘s comments have now been widely reported across the media. the bbc cannot confirm the allegations and so philip green has made no comment. reporter: any statements statement so reporter: any statements statement so philip said he would not comment on what had been said in parliament but he added to the extent that it suggested that i have been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour... studio: with the injunction remaining in force, studio: with the injunction remaining inforce, not studio: with the injunction remaining in force, not everyone was happy that the bbc reported sir philip's names. here's michael williams... last saturday saw the gathering and central london of a large number of

people with a point to make. the peoples pope march later that day's bbc one bulletins, with this report from chris mason. reporter: they came from every corner of the uk. and beyond. it is a campaign about one calls a peoples vote. in other words another referendum. when do we want it! now! you might recognise faces here. but the vast majority were ordinary people. still deeply angry about brexit. studio: of course pretty much everything about brexit is disputed and the priority bbc news gave to the march was no exception. michael ryan thought to be —— the extent of the coverage was not warranted, writing... but many more complaints came from the opposite perspective. from those

who thought the demonstration should have been given greater prominence. and who objected to the inclusion later and chris mason foster report of this. reporter: the marjan monday wasn't the only brexit related event today though. here inherited in north yorkshire and much smaller gathering, but one of a series from ‘leave' campaign is. studio: some people including joe burns wondered... it is not unusual for us on newswatch to hear from those who have been on a rally or demonstration in who have been disappointed by the lack of coverage devoted to it by bbc news. another example came a couple weeks ago when protesters from the women against state pension and quality campaign —— state pension and equality campaign blocked roads outside of the houses of ottoman and protested

again in large numbers when the bbc failed to report the demonstration. one woman e—mailed... to discuss how bbc news assesses the news value of protest and demonstrations, i am joined news value of protest and demonstrations, iam joined by controller of bbc news channel. thank you for coming on. let's start with the peoples vote last weekend. the vote march. what made that one deserving of coverage?” the vote march. what made that one deserving of coverage? i think in the first instance it is sheer scale. 700,000 people, probably the largest march since the protest against the iraq war 16 years ago. something that is clearly noteworthy. the second is this is clearly the greatest issue facing the country at the moment, the

future of the brexit negotiations and what kind of future relationship we're going to have with the european union. on both of those criteria, this was clearly going to bea criteria, this was clearly going to be a major news story and one that would have a considerable amount of coverage that day. so numbers, the turnout is significant in the bbc‘s assessment? one of the key factors but not the only one. it is fair to say that not all demonstrations are going to be covered as a network news story or a national news story. but on this occasion the national significance and the fact that this is still considerably one of the most debated matters in national discourse means inevitably it was going to be higher on news running orders that day. some viewers are wondering why did nigel farage's very small event in comparison inherited the coverage was so it was a way of getting extra context to what was notjust a way of getting extra context to what was not just the scale a way of getting extra context to what was notjust the scale of a way of getting extra context to what was not just the scale of the march but the argument the march was seeking to raise. those people who we re seeking to raise. those people who were marching that they were campaigning fora were marching that they were campaigning for a second fold or a third dimmack further referendum on the final brexit hill. —— further referendum. there are many people

would disagree that such a vote is necessary. and chris mason's report and eight clip of six seconds duration we gave voice to that by simply saying through nigel farage's words there are those that think such a further referendum is not needed. that does not mean to say that the two events were given as a tutorial equivalence by any means —— editorial equivalents by any means. interesting you use the word equivalents. to those viewers who complain, they thought it looked like the bbc was trying to balance something that did not need balancing and that there was a false equivalence putting eyes of russian there out all. it is not about false equivalence but saying is there another argument. the other argument is there are many people who do not believe a further referendum is necessary in a six second clip is a way of amplifying that, especially given that campaigners on that side of the argument continued to make their argument and all it really demonstrates is just how polarising and divisive this issue remains, two and divisive this issue remains, two and a half years after the referendum. newswatch gets a lot of complaints is that the bbc too often

ignores demonstrations. and the back of the women's pension protested the recent example. they say the bbc is consistently ignoring them. there area number of consistently ignoring them. there are a number of factors that will come on how we decide or not to cover a particular march. the fact ofa cover a particular march. the fact of a margarine demonstration is not that it of a margarine demonstration is not thatitis of a margarine demonstration is not that it is news and it sometimes. but the waspy demonstration it had to ta ke but the waspy demonstration it had to take place on stopped —— alongside other new stores that day. no one is saying that this affects many millions of people and the campaign is not worthy of coverage. we have covered it in some depth. on that date, it was covered for at least ten minutes. the day before politics life also cover that issue. not covering administration does not mean you do not think a story is worthy of coverage. actually covering it is not always the most effective way to cover an issue. that particular issue is one we have covered before, on waspi, and i'm

sure we will cover it again.|j covered before, on waspi, and i'm sure we will cover it again. i must stay in the past as a abc news correspondent myself in the 1990s i regularly got sent out to report on marches, it's plain what the issues we re marches, it's plain what the issues were and in every dimmack interview participants and the waspi protesters are the exact time i would've been sent on. it seems rarely happens these days few say you get a few pictures of the march and you do not get analysis. is that fair? there are a number of factors about how you would decide whether oi’ about how you would decide whether or not to cover a protest or a margarine demonstration. scale is one, is it a matter of national significance is another, is it a live issue is another. could that be an outcome of a result of the demonstrating, will it change anything is another. in the end it will be how does the figure on our running orders in any given day. there could be any number of stories that are competing for attention and we have to weigh the significance of them nationally, internationally as to whether they should be included in the bulletin. the fact that a demonstration is not taking place or disrupting traffic is not something that will necessarily bring it

airtime. jon zilkha, thank you. it is clear now that the washington post journalist who walked is clear now that the washington postjournalist who walked into the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul on the 2nd of october was murdered. though the exact circumstances of his death remain unknown. butjust what exactly was the victim's name? here are a couple of versions seen recently here are a couple of versions seen rece ntly o n here are a couple of versions seen recently on bbc news. reportedly led the saudi team suspected of doing the saudi team suspected of doing the head on khashoggi. five days ago jamal khashoggi writ of right that this consulate building. john sweeney and marked lowering their both pronouncing the name with a ha rd both pronouncing the name with a hard g at the end. but should it be smart of a jeep than a gee like this? jamal khashoggi walked through this? jamal khashoggi walked through this door 11 days ago, and was never seen this door 11 days ago, and was never seen again. bill is there with a g at the end and emphasising in the final syllable of the name, i'm mike chris buckler. behind these walls

jamal khashoggi was lured to his death. the variations don't end there. was the heart can add the name there, khashoggi, correct? or should be more of a soft sound estimates rated here byjames mandell and frank gardner. these are the latest pictures of jamal khashoggi and his fiancee. lurid details ofjust khashoggi and his fiancee. lurid details of just how khashoggi and his fiancee. lurid details ofjust how khashoggi died have been leaked to turkey's pro—government media. have been leaked to turkey's pro-government media. all this inconsistency did not impress a viewer called lindy loo... but what is the right version? is telephone caller was pretty clear. this is a friend of the khashoggis i'm a asking to change the pronunciation. it is not

kah—show—gee. negi. pronunciation. it is not kah-show-gee. negi. however the name advised to be said in the last two exa m ples we advised to be said in the last two examples we played reflecting a gulf arabic rather than a standard arabic pronunciation. one final thought on the reporting of his death comes from kevin west, who posed this question. think you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news current affairs, you can call us. or e—mail up affairs, you can call us. or e—mail up bus. you can find us on twitter, and do have a look at our website.

that is all from us. we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news covers again next week. goodbye. good evening. you don't need me to tell you it is getting cold out there. pretty chilly weekend and prospects across the uk. we have got some cold, arctic air plunging its way from the north. with that, it is going to be quite windy at times this weekend. we will see some spells of sunshine. we'll also see some showers, spells of sunshine. we'll also see some showers, some spells of sunshine. we'll also see some showers, some of those heavy and perhaps when three over hype around in the north. this arctic air is pointing and from a long way north. all of us are stuck in this cold air throughout the weekend. it will stay quite windy through the night, clear starry skies over the head for many. some showers continuing to trickle in across northern scotland where they will be when three and in fact you can see snow down as low as 250 metres in places. despite the strength of the

winds, those temperatures will dip to freezing, even a touch below in places. that brings the potential for some icy stretches tomorrow morning. ridiculously across northern ireland and the northern half of scotland. saturday dawns on a bright note for many. we will see some spells of sunshine, but some showers as well. across northern scotland, northern ireland, west wales and the southwest, some showers too in eastern england. a chance we'll showery rains of helping for a time in men across parts of the midlands and essentially southern england. you'll knows the strength of the northerly winds. while your temperatures are on the face of it on the settlement are reading between 6—10d. at on the strength of the winds and these are the feels like numbers. it will feel like it has barely gone up of freezing and newcastle and aberdeen may be feeling like 7 degrees there in plymouth. saturday evening we continued to see showers feeding it eastern areas. we're switching one direction around a little bit. northeasterly. that brings showers

into the eastern areas. the other thing happening on saturday night into the early hours of sunday is the clock change. the clock is going back an hour. you'll get f tonight, know and accept —— extra hour in bed. when you get up sunday morning most of us was the sunshine. sunshine and running eastern areas. consistent showers across the southeast. temperatures between 6-12d still southeast. temperatures between 6—12d still on the chilly side. a change as we go into next week. low pressure will have made for a rough week in across the western mediterranean. it looks like adding in our direction. that is likely to bring rain at times. maybe some snow over hype around the door. generally speaking, next week is pretty unsubtle, rain at times and slowly it will turn a little bit less hot. this is bbc world news today. i'm tanya beckett.

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