first batya is a deputy editor of "newsweek." if or that she was the opinion editor of the largest jewish media outlet in america and she's written for places like the "new york times", "washington post", foreign policy to name a few. she also holds a phd from the university of california at berkeley and when a book comes out in about a week go get it. it's fantastic. we're also joined by virginia heffernan who is currently contributor at wired. she is author of magic and loss, the internet is art. she's been around the tech world for years. i look forward to talking to her off-line more at tech. i was rountree web 1.0 in 2.0 out in palo alto, amazing times and so much julie written about that. before joining the staff at wired she worked for the "new york times" editorial op-ed columnist for the "l.a. times." she also, like batya, has a phd in this phd is from harvard. she likes to say that she stumbled onto the internet in 1979 in the back office then for pervasive and i can't wait to hear views on this. and finally thomas chat

and, batya, i wonder — you commission lots of opinion pieces.missioning something onjoe rogan? yeah, absolutely. so at newsweek, we really try to represent the full breadth of opinion relevant to americans. and so we're going to have pieces on rogan from an independent media point of view, we're going to have pieces from that sort of disinformation point of view, we have pieces talking about how this story is about the culture wars, about the class wars, about the race wars, so really trying to get at that story from all points of view. we'll return to spotify and joe rogan in a moment, but let's, first of all, spend a bit of time closer to home because bbc three is back as a traditional tv channel. and its controller fiona campbell has been explaining why. so a channel is an additional signal. it's a really loud noise on which we can place our most successful shows and launch new talent from, it's the place from which we can shout and say, "this is the place for you." in one switch, you switch it on. you can relax and see your world and your st

and batya ungar—sargon from newsweek argues he's meeting a need. also hear, sometimes unchecked, opinions that are not rooted in available evidence. and for some, that's a problem. the notion that he has such a large audience being constantly confused, fed disinformation isjust too much. it is harmful to our ability to, if not end, at least diminish the impacts of this pandemic as soon as possible. both spotify and joe rogan know that he and his guests are what make the show. the podcast is different, and that difference is hugely popular. butjust asjoe rogan has the right to talk to who he wants, so musicians and scientists have the right to urge spotify not to give a platform to covid advice that isn't rooted in available evidence. a row has erupted over the final resting place of english explorer captain cook's famous ship. hms endeavour was used by captainjames cook during his great voyage of exploration of 1768— 1771. captain cook discovered new zealand, before finding south—eastern australia in april 1770. the vessel, was sunk off rhode islan

and batya ungar—sargon from newsweek argues he's meeting a need.utjust asjoe rogan has the right to talk to who he wants, so musicians and scientists have the right to urge spotify not to give a platform to covid advice that isn't rooted in available evidence. that is it from me in the team. coming up now, the weather but german on for the papers. good evening, today has been another mild day. the same cannot be said for tomorrow because cold air has been lying in wait up to the north—west, and it is now making its move south—eastwards. the cold air being brought in our direction by this weather front. a cold front, this generating heavy bursts of rain through tonight and, indeed, a little bit of wintry weather on its back edge. wintry showers pushing on across parts of scotland and northern ireland and some quite strong and gusty winds, but let's follow this progress of the weather front as it sinks south—eastwards across england and wales overnight. some very heavy bursts of rain on its leading edge. on its back edge, through the pennines, the pe

are controversial but can later become mainstream, like the wuhan lab leak theory on covid—19 and batyasjoe rogan has the right to talk to who he wants, so musicians and scientists have the right to urge spotify not to give a platform to covid advice that isn't rooted in available evidence. it's just after 8:30am, you are with bbc breakfast and one of our top stories today... borisjohnson has had a busy weekend. he's announced two new appointments to his backroom staff following a wave of resignations on thursday. cabinet office minister steve barclay will become the pm's chief of staff, and guto harri — a former adviser to mrjohnson when he was mayor of london — will become director of communications. so, will this help to steady the ship after a difficult few weeks? let's ask two westminster—watchers — jane merrick from inews and anna mikhailova from the mail on sunday. all those appointments are not to get things back on an even keel at downing street? that get things back on an even keel at downing street?— downing street? that is the million-dollar _ downing street? that is the mil