tv The Papers BBC News August 29, 2020 11:30pm-11:46pm BST
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a moment, but first the papers in a moment, but first the headlines. tributes are paid to the actor chadwick boseman, who's died of cancer at the age of a3. he starred in black panther, a film that proved groundbreaking and inspired a generation. criticism of the government's timing of new guidance for schools in england on how to respond to covid lockdowns, coming just days before pupils are due to return. the italian coastguard picks up migrants from a rescue boat in the mediterranean, a vessel funded by the street artist banksy. the first piece of silverware of the new football season in england has been won. chelsea are crowned winners of the women's community shield. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster penny smith and former pensions minister ros altmann.
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the sunday express says a coronavirus vaccine could be ready within the next six weeks in the best—case scenario, and britain is now at a crucial stage in the fight against the virus. as a result of the pandemic, the uk is set to have the largest tax rise in a generation. that's according to the sunday telegraph, which suggests treasury officials are pushing for the move. the observer reports that the prime minister is facing a showdown with what they call "furious mps" over his handling of covid—19. the papers calls his leadership chaotic and says the conservatives have surrendered a massive lead over labour. the independent agrees and accuses borisjohnson of a culture war. it says the new liberal democrat leader, ed davey, has referred to the pm's leadership as "nasty politics" and vows to overturn it. the mail on sunday talks about rupert murdoch's plans for a rival news channel to the bbc, that they say is being spearheaded by a former bbc employee and downing street adviser. r , with the independent, and the
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front page mark—up there that they've done, a photograph of chadwick boseman, who has died at the age of a3. so shocking, penny, that a man so young and so ill had kept working throughout his treatment. exactly, through surgery and chemo, and there he was, and i was listening to an interview earlier, and i hadn't realised he had done that tour while he was still having chemo. i think when you have got the former president of the united states in chadwick came to the white house to work with kids when he was playing jackie robinson, you could tell right away that he was blessed, to be young, gifted and black, to use that power to give them heroes to look up to, to do it all is whilst in pain, what our use of his ears. i think that is what many people what many people would i 90, many people what many people would i go, just to say what an extraordinary young man, and he was a young man, and to carry on and not
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to let it interfere with what he was doing there, to appear in this proper milestone films like black panther, what a sad loss. and there was so panther, what a sad loss. and there was so much more expected of him, he seemed to carry that extraordinary weight very humbly, ros, from what weight very humbly, ros, from what we are hearing from the tributes. yeah, it is such a terrible loss, and my heart goes out to his family, and my heart goes out to his family, and he had so many fans all over the world, and he inspired young black men, black women, gave them someone to look up to, and to be a marvel superhero, to participate in something so momentous, really, while he was ill and going through chemo, it is quite astonishing. you know, he didn't want people to know, he was apparently diagnosed four
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years ago, but he really dedicated himself to doing something that has made a huge difference, and i guess thatis made a huge difference, and i guess that is his legacy, really. yeah. i think it is the only superhero picture that has been nominated for best picture, and even the fact that it was nominated is quite something for that genre of film. and he was expected to make more films, i think they were hoping the next one would come out in 2022, and it isjust such a tragic loss of life, i guess we need to celebrate the fact that he made such a difference to so many people, has ten points was saying, even the us president. he certainly did, so many people will be grateful to him for what he did. talk to us about the sunday express, the next six weeks are critical. the expresses in that over the next six
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weeks, it is possible that a new vaccine will be developed that will be able to be rolled out. now, this is all very speculative, and we have seena is all very speculative, and we have seen a lot of the stories for some while, but clearly also the next few weeks is critical in terms of what is happening with the virus. there are fears about going back to school, there are fears about going back to university, trying to get people back into offices and getting life a little bit more back to how it used to be. so if there is a vaccine that is safe and effective, and of course it is hard to believe that there will be one ready in that short space of time, but this seems to be some hope about it, if that is the case, then we can really start getting back to normal because people will have more confidence. but that is really the crux of the story, that there is hope that this
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new vaccine may be ready in the coming weeks. the observer, penny, on its front page talks about fresh doubts on the return of universities, hundreds of thousands of young people travelling the length and breadth of the country to get started again on the education, which has been paused for months. you know what critics will be saying, it is not as though it is unexpected, a new university year, and we have already had the chaos with a—levels, less so with the gcses, because by that time they had discovered what a mess the algorithm was, only as clever as the question is that it was asked, and the stuff that was put into it. yes, is it too dangerous to have a face—to—face tuition? there was a very good instagram post that i thought i might share with you for anyone thinking of doing maths at university, this is the sort of problem that you would have from
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2020, if you were going down the river at two miles per hour and your canoe loses a wheel, how much pancake mix do you need? laid out with me! if you would! let's stay with me! if you would! let's stay with the observer, ros, johnson faces tory ruff as party slumps in shock poll, is this the keir starmer effect with labour making some gains? i guess it is about time that there was some reaction. usually in there was some reaction. usually in the polls during the early stage of any government and also, you know, there has been such an enormous lead for the tories for so long, and we have had this major, major crisis, i think that the shock, really, was that it took so long for the polls to register and for labour to
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re cover to register and for labour to recover from what was the most dreadful election outcome. but clearly a number of tories are extraordinarily concerned about an apparent loss of directional loss of control at the top levels of government and decisions that seem to be made one day and then unmade the next day, and no clear directional longer term strategy, or even the idea of how we are going to be moving forward. now, it has been the summer, there has been a pandemic, the prime minister himself has been severely unwell and in hospital, sol has been severely unwell and in hospital, so i think the general hopeis hospital, so i think the general hope is that, over the next few months, everything will right itself somewhat, there will be a clearer decision making process, and the public will realise that, actually, the government is in control of the situation and will get back to
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better news coming out. because it has been a pretty dire period. penny, the main picture story on the sunday telegraph his banksy‘s refugee rescue boat stranded in the med, we are used to reporting about migrants trying to make their way across europe through the mediterranean all the channel, but this is the story, the different thing about this is that this is about funded by the graffiti artist. funded by the artist, a 100 foot french patrol boat, and it is actually manned by activists, and there was an emergency declared because of overcrowding, there were 200 migrants on board. i think it is a lwa ys 200 migrants on board. i think it is always worth remembering that although there will be, on that boat, there may well be people who are economic migrants just looking over and thinking, do you know what? i could make more money, do a bit of this and a bit of that, but an awful
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lot of people actually and have escaped from the most terrible situations. they might have been escaping from religious persecution 01’ escaping from religious persecution or war 01’ escaping from religious persecution or war orfamine, escaping from religious persecution orwarorfamine, andi escaping from religious persecution or war orfamine, and i think it is very difficult, we look at them and just sort of say, oh, here they are, heading towards us and they shouldn't be. but the point is, you know, it is very difficult, it is a bit more complicated than it seems on the face of it. most things are, aren't they, or they would be readily solved! staying with the sunday telegraph, you can't tweet what you like, bbc stars to be told. i don't need to be told that, we have producer guidelines which are very helpful, ros, in reining us in, but there have been accusations that some journalists, but there have been accusations that somejournalists, particular but there have been accusations that some journalists, particular stars, have overstepped the mark. well, according to the telegraph, tim davie, the new director—general of the bbc, who hasjust taken over
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from lord hall, has been looking at an internal review by richard sambrook and is concerned that may be some of the freelance presenters, some of the stars who are freelancing, have been tweeting messages that betray some kind of bias. there was a big complaint over the last couple of years, i think, against what was considered to be anti brexit bias by the bbc. i am not convinced about that, i think a lot of people who didn't want to brexit felt that the bbc was being inadequately critical. for my money, i think the bbc got it mostly right, but the idea that journalists who are meant to be reporting unbiasedly and impartially, which typically is what the bbc is known for, should not tweet, as you say, martin, most
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of them know that if they have private views, they keep them private. whereas twitter is a public forum, and they typically would not show a particular bias. i mean, forum, and they typically would not showa particular bias. i mean, i don't think you would do that, and i think most people would respect that. it is a very difficult thing, sorry, penny, carry on. but that is journalists, isn't it? if you work for the bbc, that is a different thing, but if you are a freelancer, surely therefore in your own time, you can tweet what you like. there is also an issue of whether you are working on news or entertainment all sport or something else, then it becomes even more complicated, doesn't it? but it is a very febrile atmosphere, often on twitter, very easy, penny, don't you think, for people to get drawn into discussions and conversations and thinking, i
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have said too much? and sometimes it canjust be have said too much? and sometimes it can just be the case of a word mr —— a word misplaced, a comma misplaced, and it is very easy on twitter, particularly when it is late at night and one is a little tired! we all need to be very careful! i was there wonder tim davey is going to issue a direct out, very briefly, quite a lot on his plate, ros, just briefly. he has, but! quite a lot on his plate, ros, just briefly. he has, but i hope that there will be this distinction between controlling free speech but also making sure that those who are meant to be reporting impartially are able to do that and that they are able to do that and that they are not perceived to be biased. my boss advises me to be entertaining and anodyne on twitter. she gives
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excellent advice which is very difficult to achieve! lovely to see you remotely, thank you very much for joining you remotely, thank you very much forjoining us. entertaining but anodyne, i shall have that as my epitaph. coming up next, it is a film review. to buy a paper in the morning! bye—bye! hello there, and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. with tenet dominating cinemas, some of this week's best
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new releases are on digital. one that particularly intrigues me is the darkly comic psychological thriller called she dies tomorrow. do i have to wear the helmet? yeah, definitely very important to wear the helmet. you know, these things look like big toys, but at the end of the day, if you hit anything to fast into straight on, this thing could flip right over. well, i'm going to die anyway. written and directed by actor amy seimetz, it stars kate lyn sheil as amy, a party girl who becomes convinced that she's going to die tomorrow. her friend jane thinks that she's imagining things, but then jane suddenly becomes convinced that she too will die tomorrow. but how do you know? i just know. but amy decides to go dune—buggy riding in herfinal hours, as you do, jane barrels into her brother's house wailing
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