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@Deneds Carol Kirkwood in the Cotswolds beats me too ...not beautiful rolling hills but in a very ordinary close
2012-02-03 16:46:46
Newswatch this week will look at weather presenters dispatched to the Cotswolds and misrepresentation of women and young on television
2012-02-02 09:53:59
RT @MediaTelGroup: RT @MTel_PaperBoy: Read Ray Snoddy's latest - The curious incident of the dog in the night-time http://t.co/2IJztMwP ...
2012-02-01 17:57:09
PCC chairman Lord Hunt's prescription for a new press self-regulation body is spot on- suppose we needed a judicial inquiry to get this far
2012-02-01 11:09:18
Yet again top quality journalism from Channel 4 News on RBS boss undermined by silly graphics - who authorises demon eye manifestations
2012-01-30 19:32:20
Newswatch this week asks BBC World News Editor Jon Williams whether BBC's Syria coverage has been as balanced and comprehensive as possible
2012-01-26 15:55:34
So how come former Qpr manager sidelined Buzsaky and Tommy Smith - worth hiring Hughes for that alone
2012-01-22 12:28:43
@JamieSmiff Great Murray win - really accomplished - maybe we can believe this time with the help of Lendl
2012-01-21 10:22:36
Squeaky bum time has arrived for QPR - simply must win at Loftus Road against Wigan today....
2012-01-21 09:38:59
Newswatch this week questions BBC's newly appointed science editor David Shukman on the Beeb's coverage of climate change, bird flu etc
2012-01-20 12:33:16
Off to try to predict the future of the media with Torin Douglas at Mediatel's Year Ahead
2012-01-18 13:35:23
RT @MediaTelGroup: RT @MediaTelGroup: All hail to 'The Schedule' - http://t.co/HFpgJD4C @raymondsnoddy @lizjaques @MediaTelCTV
2012-01-18 10:56:03
RT @Kevin_Maguire: Jim Naughtie's questions so long on R4 that Hadrian could've built his wall and still not heard the end of one put to ...
2012-01-14 08:28:47
Newswatch this week looks at curious decision by BBC Scotland to prevent anyone replying to blogs of Scottish political and business editors
2012-01-13 08:26:39
Richard Desmond will forever be remembered as the newspapers owner who doesn't know what the word "ethical" means
2012-01-12 19:26:48
RT @MediaTelGroup: RT @MediaTelGroup: 3 cheers for Lord Justice Leveson; None for The Editors - http://t.co/3gF4Fj2X @raymondsnoddy @MTe ...
2012-01-11 16:38:33
@AdamParsons1 Of course we never will now how Warnock would have done - for Hughes the test of success at QPR is simple - Premier survival
2012-01-10 14:48:53
@pressgazette Interesting that it apparently takes a Law Lord to inform Independent editor about freedom of the press
2012-01-10 13:57:59
We will now see whether Mark Hughes can do better than Neil Warnock might have at the all important task of keeping QPR in Premier League
2012-01-10 13:56:43
@ConorCulkin Unbelievable - will they get anyone better? Feels like kneejerk reaction to bad run of results
2012-01-08 20:15:24
@GarywSkelton Sad to see Neil Warnock go - unless they get Martin O'Neill could just mean more instability
2012-01-08 20:14:12
@ballygallyboy Shocking to hear of sacking of Neil Warnock - presume being outplayed by MK Dons yesterday was the final straw
2012-01-08 20:12:49
@jezzalee £32 billion for 20 minutes faster to Birmingham - it must be gthe greenest Government ever!
2012-01-08 19:55:00
What's BBC Countryfile on - David Hockney and David Cameron in the same programme....
2012-01-08 19:10:41
@Son_of_Robin We should absolutely stick with Warnock but he should more to train strikers to score an occasional goal - Helguson excepted
2012-01-08 13:02:51
@TheFirmOnline Yes but in the Gilfoyle case can anyone be prosecuted for withholding evidence that could have undermined prosecution case?
2012-01-08 11:49:57
@TheFirmOnline Catch 22 situation. Parole Board denies admission of guilt essential for release but then releases few who are "innocent"
2012-01-08 11:37:42
The other worry about the Gilfoyle case - those who keep insisting on their innocence face disproportinate time in jail-scandalous injustice
2012-01-08 10:52:42
@haitchiswrong Stand up presenters at start of news/Newswatch etc simply to add a little bit of visual variety taking you into programme
2012-01-08 10:15:50
@sunjayonsunday Tied forever to the not-stop soap opera that is Queen's Park Rangers!
2012-01-07 12:30:50
RT @rossnd: Excellent article on the state of play at #QPR by @RaymondSnoddy - fingers crossed Neil is listening http://t.co/lR61hzLt
2012-01-07 12:20:03
Neswatch viewers also not amused by chosing a Panda and one of the "women" of the year when no room for Aung San Suu Kyi
2012-01-06 11:43:08
@maljacqpr Giving MK Dons a break tomorrow seen QPR losing quite enough for now but WOULD like a Cup run to get them into habit of winning
2012-01-06 11:42:00
@mjhucknall Manu U were superior but at least QPR had a couple of chances - Joey Barton performance shocking
2011-12-18 17:20:38
Off to see QPR v Manu U- little hope for the Hoops of course but that's what they said when Chelsea came to Loftus Road!
2011-12-18 08:56:52
@johnco BBC apologies certainly rare but not unprecedented and often there is room for a difference of opinion - viewers not always right
2011-12-15 11:31:19
The final Newswatch of the year will look at the issues raising by viewers across 2011 and how the big stories were covered
2011-12-15 10:42:45
@peejaybhoy Doubt over what the NotW did is not a small piece but the heart of the matter and the reason for the degree of public outrage
2011-12-13 18:26:32
@JudithFlanders Don't "buy" the NotW line which seems to be police line just interesting if it should turn out to be true
2011-12-13 18:25:15
@IFBirch You are not following so can't send you direct message to continue conversation
2011-12-13 09:03:50
Would be interesting if an inaccurate Guardian story on phone-hacking led to the closure of the News of the World and setting up of Leveson
2011-12-13 09:02:48
In Liverpool where QPR last won at Anfield 20 years ago. Result irrelevant. Well almost. But being there will be magic.
2011-12-10 08:21:45
Newswatch this week will feature viewers complaints about coverage of X Factor, Strictly and film launches "masquerading " as news
2011-12-08 10:12:02
@darlo_t Conflicts of interests among academic economists unbelievable and they are persecuting journalists at the moment
2011-12-07 22:48:16
Absolutely devastating Storyville on American bankers contribution to the world financial crisis- never seen the like before....
2011-12-07 22:43:45
No trophies this season for Manchester United and the end of the Ferguson era?
2011-12-07 21:42:41
ITV chief exec in talks with Ofcom to find best way to protect ITV regional news to compete with the BBC
2011-12-07 14:00:38
Julian Assange apparently about to make more friends by seeking appearance before Leveson to complain about The Guardian and More4
2011-12-06 08:35:44
Interesting to see Mail promoting Lebedev's The Journalism Foundation for independent journalism - wouldn't have happened before Leveson
2011-12-05 10:36:07
@ianvisits Also Irritated by Mail on Sunday splash on postmen to be jailed for accepting Christmas tips to find virtually nothing there
2011-12-04 08:53:24
Twitter evidence so far shows many people like applause and yes at footy some will always ignore - one minute's silence for silence please
2011-12-03 10:12:40
Is there any way to stop the dreadful one minute's applause at football matches and elsewhere - silence is best to mark a death and a life
2011-12-03 09:14:02
@Pedro_Dee Newswatch point was to show how people see different things in same coverage and how Beeb goes about covering contentious issues
2011-12-03 09:06:28
@thisismyengland Yes will be at Loftus Road this afternoon and was at Norwich and also going to Liverpool
2011-12-03 09:02:18
After two near misses against Man City and Norwich QPR now have to produce goods against West Brom to maintain splendid middle table safety
2011-12-03 08:52:01
@mudlarklives Prepared to accept not even Clarkson was talking literally. The issue is degree of crassness and insensitivity of 'the joke"
2011-12-02 16:09:29
After 21,000 complaints mostly against Clarkson - there is swing in his favour with tally now running more like 50-50
2011-12-02 15:26:05
@gary_burgess I'm afraid viewers are less conciliatory about Clarkson than that - 21,000 complaints and counting
2011-12-02 13:18:25
Newswatch this week looks as whether BBC coverage of the strike was even-handed and at that Clarkson outburst
2011-12-02 10:25:01
@robsteadman surely by any standards the Clarkson outburst was ill-judged on such a day even if it was meant to be "funny"
2011-12-02 10:22:13
In Belfast to speak at National Council for Training Journalists 60th anniversary dinner - time for the innocent hacks to fight-back
2011-11-30 16:49:31
Joys of footy tourism -Norwich Cathedral magnificent - hope Norwich FC less special against Qpr
2011-11-26 10:50:01
Newswatch this week looks at potential impact of Leveson on BBC with David Jordan, Roger Graef and John Kampfner
2011-11-25 09:56:19
Just been listening to Scot-Irish poetry of friend James Barron on Radio Ulster's Kist o Wurds- the genuinely moving Bard of Ballyruther
2011-11-20 20:16:22
@jamesro47 Hugh Grant moving surely an oxymoron
2011-11-20 20:13:58
QPR win against Chelsea was fantastic but today's defeat of Stoke away is almost more important evidence that this team can stay up
2011-11-19 17:32:47
@sanachnaa To sustain a complaint about biased reporting from the BBC you have to provide evidence of bias rather than rhetorical statements
2011-11-17 18:30:17
@PRforRecruiters Of course it is difficult to explain current crisis on TV but let's see whether less assumed knowledge would help
2011-11-17 11:11:35
Newswatch this week will ask whether TV news does enough to explain the current financial crisis for those lacking degrees in economics
2011-11-17 10:52:01
Top Manchester cop Peter Fahy says on Panorama if London riots had been controlled sooner the copycat riots may not have come to North West
2011-11-14 20:46:57
Anyone find it odd that Lord Prescott is universal press critic and backer of statutory regulation without anyone saying what he got up to?
2011-11-14 20:21:33
BBC chairman Lord Patten has got it spot on tonight by arguing TV regulation not right for newspapers a case foolishly backed by Greg Dyke.
2011-11-13 19:11:41
@rohanjay Why do you think that is perhaps because it's not a dying industry though one in search of new financial models
2011-11-13 14:57:45
Just embarking on my first ever roast beef and Yorkshire puddings - but Delia will be with me every step of the way
2011-11-13 14:56:19
@BenedictEvans No hedge fund bail-outs yet but what do they contribute other than market liquidity - difficult to quantify economically
2011-11-13 10:24:17
@BanceNolanLtd Bankers are probably being used as shorthand BUT hedge funds do manage to stay remarkably under the radar
2011-11-13 09:36:18
Bankers always get it in the neck but why do people forget hedge funds - vastly greater profits while contributing much less to society?
2011-11-13 09:22:24
Disgraced Baroness Uddin may have the right to return to the Lords without paying her £125,000 fine but will she have the nerve to do so?
2011-11-13 08:14:01
Great to see Times award-winning cartoonist and QPR fan Peter Brookes having a serious dig at News International in today's paper
2011-11-11 16:01:52
@DBanksy Probaby right and BBC's Simon Waldman argues that in difficult circumstances Beeb struck the right tone - no close-ups etc
2011-11-11 12:58:51
Newswatch this week looks at viewer claims that BBC News effectively showed snuff movies in their live coverage of the Somerset crash
2011-11-11 11:06:54
Just taken delivery of picture bought at Wexford Opera by new Irish painter Fintan Ryan from Enniscorthy - one to watch
2011-11-10 09:35:12
@glovelace Few may care but my bet is that Maxwell did commit suicide because he was too proud to have borne the looming disgrace and jail
2011-11-04 09:36:33
@jamuir_ca Point is competition in bank sector doesn't seem strong enough to force down profit or bonuses levels - Barclay's £5 bn- why?
2011-11-04 08:49:38
Bob Diamond of Barclays very plausible in Today lecture etc but how can banks continue to extract monopoly profits from their clients?
2011-11-04 08:39:02
On today's 20th anniversary of the death of Robert Maxwell do we really know whether he committed suicide or not?
2011-11-04 08:03:34
Lord Owen's suggession that the non-Euro zone EU members should form a group to protect their interests is surely worth a serious look
2011-10-31 09:31:19
Off to Whitehart Lane for Spurs against QPR - obviously QPR have no chance but that was what was said last week against Chelsea.....
2011-10-30 13:29:24
@DomRobinson Had the whole pack of throat lozenges before going on .......
2011-10-30 13:27:54
@MediaTelCTV As surprised as you but viewers in studio will discuss serious Gaddafi issues involved with head of BBC Newsroom Mary Hockaday
2011-10-27 08:12:34
On Newswatch this week viewers will argue that the BBC got it wrong to show such graphic pictures of Gaddafi's end at 6pm
2011-10-27 08:01:59
So Lord Leveson is going to take evidence from one phone hacking victim after another. A little repetitive? Who will think it a good thing?
2011-10-26 15:11:58
@ConorCulkin The Wexford opera was fantastic - updated on QPR by text throughout the Donizetti and can now watch full recording
2011-10-26 09:51:50
Off to the Wexford Opera Festival. Damn. Means I'll miss the QPR -Chelsea derby. Seriously bad planning.
2011-10-22 05:33:07
Newswatch this week -pre Gaddafi- will look at too much detail on Jo Yeates and not enough on Thai floods and anti-capitalist demonstrations
2011-10-21 13:11:44
Lord Justice Judge is right. Leveson should stop wasting time on statutory controls on the press and find ways of improving self-regulation
2011-10-20 09:09:23
Not a good sign that Lord Leveson has rejected all calls to wider the composition of his assessors - a touch of judicial arrogance perhaps
2011-10-18 11:51:08
QPR's Joey Barton is obviously a master of art, philosophy and literature perhaps this afternoon we can actually see him play some football
2011-10-15 06:53:49
Newswatch this week features viewers accusing BBC of "innuendo and gossip" over Fox and "unremittingly negative" political coverage
2011-10-14 09:55:14
@23red Hope the question prompted Martha Lane Fox - the older you are the more important and relevant the internet is
2011-10-13 15:57:26