hello and welcome to newswatch with samira ahmed. 0n hello and welcome to newswatch with samira ahmed up but did bbc news get its news priorities the wrong way around? we discuss complaints at the embarrassment of the oscars was reported on as though it was an event of major global significance but really, was it? did you by any chance know that things didn't go entirely as planned at the oscars this year? thought so. if you tuned into any bbc news programme on monday, the strange event on monday we re monday, the strange event on monday were ha rd to monday, the strange event on monday were hard to avoid. it really shouldn't have been that difficult, opening the right envelope at the right time and naming the right film but at the oscars last night in front of a global audience of billions, it all went horribly wrong. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of west film was la la land. the only trouble was, it wasn't. that mistake was in the minds of scores of newswatch viewers followed by another mistake. this time by the bbc. as well as taking up time

now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed.ttack in westminster. hello and welcome. two big issues on the programme this week. bbc news programmes decamp to westminster near the site of wednesday's attack, was this the scale and response that the attacker might have hoped for? did coverage of martin mcguinness‘s death focus too much on his role as a peacemaker and not enough on his ira past? from early wednesday afternoon millions have watched what unfolded in westminster with a sense of shock and revulsion, and for some there was also concern about whether there was also concern about whether the huge media attention paid into the huge media attention paid into the hands of those who would support this outrage. —— played. we are going to update you on an ongoing incident going on at the palace of westminster. we were treated to nothing more than an often repeated sequence of 3—4 events that happened, interspersed with speculation, and then the event repeated and then more speculation. bbc, you can do better than this, repeatin

hello, welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed.n this week's programme: what's the bbc‘s economics editor doing standing in the street trying to catch numbers? and do we need to know that this distinguished human rights lawyer is married to a hollywood film star? it's an annual challenge for bbc news — how to make the complex economics of the budget accessible, without dumbing down. it was only to be expected that there were plenty of numbers around this week. but what surprised many viewers was that in a preview piece on monday, some of those numbers seemed to be flying right into the hands of the bbc‘s economics editor, kamal ahmed. inflation could fit 2.8% by the end of the year. that could mean a squeeze on living standards. the price of fuel has already hit an 18 month high. it now costs £9 and more to fill up the average family car thanit to fill up the average family car than it did a year ago. and what about the all—importa nt than it did a year ago. and what about the all—important issue of business confidence? well, the l

hello and welcome to newswatch with samira ahmed.ars was reported on as though it was an event of major global significance but really, was it? did you by any chance know that things didn't go entirely as planned at the oscars this year? thought so. if you tuned into any bbc news programme on monday, the strange events on stage were hard to avoid. it really shouldn't have been that difficult — opening the right envelope at the right time and naming the right film but at the oscars last night in front of a global audience of billions, it all went horribly wrong. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was la la land. the only trouble was, it wasn't. that mistake was in the minds of scores of newswatch viewers followed by another mistake. this time by the bbc. as well as taking up significant airtime on breakfast and the news channel, the mix—up occupied the first seven or so minutes of both the news at one and the news at six. that pushed what many considered more significant subjects down th

hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed.n rights lawyer is married to a hollywood film star? it is an annual challenge for bbc news. how to make the complex economics of the budget accessible, without dumbing down? it was only to be expected that there we re was only to be expected that there were plenty of numbers around this week, at what surprised many viewers was that in a preview on monday some of the numbers seemed to be flying right into the hands of the bbc‘s economics editor kamal ahmed. inflation could hit 2.8% by the end of the year and that could mean a squeeze on living standards. the price of fuel has already hit an 18 month high. it costs now £9 more to fill up the average family car than it did one year ago. and what about the all—importa nt issue it did one year ago. and what about the all—important issue of business confidence? well, the latest survey suggests that confidence is declining. graham was incredulity at what he saw and left us this telephone message. he was standing in the street, like sesame st

now it's time for newswatch with samira ahmed.ure of these outside broadcasts exactly the response the attacker might have hoped for? and did coverage of martin mcguinness' death focus too much on his role as a peacemaker and statesman, and not enough on his ira past? from early wednesday afternoon onwards, millions of us have watched what unfolded in westminster, with a sense of shock and revulsion. for some, though, there was also concern about whether the huge media attention played into the hands of those who would support this outrage. you are watching bbc news. updating you on an ongoing incident outside the palace of westminster... we were treated to nothing more than oft repeated sequences of something like three or four events that have happened, interspersed with speculation, then the events repeated, then more speculation. bbc, you can do better than this. repeating things over and over again, highlighting the terrorism, isn't that exactly what the terrorists want? i rather suspect it is. tim crompton with his views, th

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