from german corben added the broadcaster should be freed of government control as he lambasted other media bosses for skewing the news agenda. all and offline print too often serves the broadcast agenda even though it is worded so firmly to the tories politically and to corporate interests more generally the cozy relationship between senior press and broadcasting executives media owners and indeed senior politicians b.b.c. could be and is i believe tacitly influenced by government u.k. opposition leader jeremy gorgons there presenting his views on the state of the media today and how exactly it should move forward now in terms of what he had to say about the b.b.c. despite praising this is a very important british institution he did go want to see that he believes it's time for some changes including the reduction of political influence and the b.b.c. being freed from government control he said it needs to be democratized more independent and more representative and this was part of the bigger picture he was painting about the state of affairs when it comes to the media and the press

and will it be a vote winner or a forgery corben we wait. thank you very much ortiz and this is theater and then with the update. two people have been killed and another seriously injured in a knife attack in part this french authorities are not considering it an act of terror. the attacker had serious psychiatric problems prosecutors are not treating it as a terrorist case at the moment well valley's despite islamic state claiming it was behind the incident happened in a western suburb of the french capital in the reverse the attacker was shot dead by police at the scene of the crime well the french interior minister has confirmed the knife man's mother and sister were the ones killed by him on it by seriously wounded who reportedly also shot a goal of the greatest in our of some french media outlets have named the killer cum l. s. who was convicted of inciting terrorism in twenty sixteen and spent time in prison . or france has been on heightened security since terror attacks in twenty fifteen but a recent bureaucratic error has led to the

opposition leader corben also work talked about the need to increase the influence of public interest journalism as well as local newspapers that he sees as now being quite underfunded and not being able to properly function while they're an important part of communities around this country he also said there should be a creation of a british digital. corporation and overall said he believes that the public should have more control of the press and the media as opposed to those in power in terms of his statements on the b.b.c. we did reach out to them for commentary and they told us they are not commenting on this topic we heard from political analyst chris bambery he says jimmy corbin's ideas about the media resonate with the british public you know the b.b.c. in particular been seen as being biased in representing those views so i think particular among young people there is a growing view that the b.b.c. and the established media is on the side of the elite is on the side of the corporations who after all or most of the newspapers and the media in this country was in the interest o

our position leader corben also work talked about the need to increase the influence of public interest journalism as well as local newspapers that he sees as now being quite underfunded and not being able to properly function while they're an important part of communities around this country he also said there should be a creation of a british digital corporation and overall. said he believes that the public should have more control of the press and the media as opposed to those in power in terms of his statements on the b.b.c. we did reach out to them for commentary and they told us they are not commenting on this topic. facebook's opting in its crusade against fake news it's not the hundreds of pages claims are linked to a run in russia for allegedly trying to sway political opinion here to try and go with his take. thanks for joining us i believe that franco with your latest is in the world of social media facebook and twitter gotten rid of suspicious accounts spewing fakes and propaganda from iran the troll factories not only after the minds of the americans but users all over the

well the union you care position party leader german corben did indeed present his views on the state of media and press in the u.k. right now as well as his opinions on how things should look moving forward this took place at the edinburgh television festival where he was giving this speech and to kick start things off on the issue of public trust for once jeremy corbyn says that the british people don't trust the media. the british press is the least trusted in europe including normally you countries like north macedonia and serbia the worry about new forms of news and we've heard plenty of that we've ignored the fact that most of our citizens think our newspapers churn out what they believe to be fake news every day well the korban really looked closely into according to him the problem of wealth and power being too close to media and the press he described the situation as feeling and not being ready for the challenges of the twenty first century he said he thinks the press is not very free at all and despite of praising institutions such as the b.b.c. for their importance jeremy

our position leader corben also work talked about the need to increase the influence of public interest journalism as well as local newspapers that he sees as now being quite underfunded and not being able to properly function while they're an important part of communities around this country he also said there should be a creation of a british digital corporation and overall said he believes that the public should have more control of the press in the media as opposed to those in power in terms of a statement on the b.b.c. we did reach out to them for commentary and they told us they are not commenting on this topic. we heard from political analyst chris bambery who said jeremy corbin's ideas reflect what the british public thinks you know the b.b.c. in particular been seen but biased in representing those views so i think particularly young people there is a growing view that the b.b.c. and the established media is on the side of the elite is on the side of the corporations who after all most of the newspapers in the media in this country was in the interest of both their houses the b

opposition leader corben also work talked about the need to increase the influence of public interest journalism as well as local newspapers that he sees as now being quite underfunded and not being able to properly function while they're an important part of communities around this country he also said there should be a creation of a british digital corporation and overall said he believes that the public should have more control of the press in the media as opposed to those in power in terms of a statement on the b.b.c. we did reach out to them for commentary and they told us they are not commenting on this topic. rice thing in the u.k. video has emerged of a british police officer slapping a fourteen year old girl during an arrest the images soon spread online dividing public opinion please be aware that the video does contain scenes of violence. if your god was going to. get around it was sure it was ok pressure was mind you this was a guy that was your question. to my police say they were responding to a disturbance involving youths fighting down while attempting to get the girl

german corben out of the broadcaster should be freed of government control and he lum busted other media bosses for skewing the news agenda on and off line print too often sets the broadcast agenda even though it is weighted so firmly to the tories politically and to corporate interests more generally the cozy relationship between senior press and broadcasting executives media owners and indeed senior politicians b.b.c. could be and is i believe tacitly influenced by government. yeah lots of reaction to this speech i'm just see a church and joins us live now from london with more it did look like a pretty thorough and direct set of proposals tell us more. well you know that indeed u.k. opposition leader jeremy corbyn there presenting his views on the state of the media today and how exactly it should move forward now in terms of what he had to say about the b.b.c. despite creasing this is a very important british institution he did go want to see that he believes it's time for some changes including the reduction of political influence and the b.b.c. being freed from government control a

which has dominated the news coverage in this country arguably the legal but he thought by german corben on the graves of the terrorist who perpetrated the munich massacre and his comparison of israel to the nazi deserves unequivocal can diminish in the from everyone it is outrageous to be honest i was there when yasser arafat hit kocher in tunisia was bombed by the israelis and many people were massacred because of this to eat and jail because been was there. just to commemorate those martyrs killed by the israelis so they were not terrorists so why all these campaign against him we should actually condemned their aid itself the people that this israeli leadership which sent the walk to the war please don't try to assassinate arafat who just left beirut according to the international agreement and who was you know stayed in tunisia he was in a hotel by the beach and that israeli warplanes bombed him and killed those people so why the diversion from that story which is there is a massacre of other fat people in that part of the world this is this is the this is the question where major m

opposition leader corben also work talked about the need to increase the influence of public interest journalism as well as local newspapers that he sees as now being quite underfunded and not being able to properly function while they're an important part of communities around this country he also said there should be a creation of a british digital corporation and overall. said he believes that the public should have more control of the press and the media as opposed to those in power in terms of his statements on the b.b.c. we did reach out to them for commentary and they told us they are not commenting on this topic we heard from political analyst chris bambery he says jeremy corbin's ideas about the media resonate with the british public you know the b.b.c. in particular been seen as being biased in representing those views so i think particularly young people there is a growing view that the b.b.c. and the established media is on the side of the elite is on the side of the corporations who after all or most of the newspapers in the media in this country was in the interest of bo