now on bbc news, it s time for the media show. hello. the queen s funeral was the combination of days of coverage cummination of days of coverage across the british media. the new culture secretary called the bbc s efforts phenomenal and spot on . so, did the media get the tone right? were a range of views about the monarchy represented? and amid the pageantry and commentary, was there room forjournalism? i m joined by marcus ryder, who s head of external consultancies in the lenny henry centre for media diversity, baroness stowell, who s conservative chair of the house of lords communication and digital select committee, lord vaizey, a former culture secretary who was in the david cameron government at the time of the 2012 olympics, emily bell, professor of professional practice at the columbia university and graduate school ofjournalism, and stefanie bolzen is the uk correspondent of germany s die welt newspaper. welcome to you all, thank you so much for coming on the me
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