in the mass celebrating palm sunday. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the media show: geordie grieg: britain s best connected editor. geordie grieg: britain s what does the future hold for britain s newspapers? few people are more qualified to answer that question than my guest on the media show today and it is rare to get an interview with him. geordie grieg are set in the editor s chair at some of the country s biggest titles. the daily mail, the mail on sunday as well as the evening standard, tatler magazine and, since january, here at the independent. geordie grieg, welcome to the media show for the first time. thank you for saying yes and i wondered first of all, how you began injournalism? i think you come from, i think it is fair to say, a well to do background, yourfamily s fair to say, a well to do background, your family s family were royal courtiers for several generations and your twin sister was princess diana s lady in waiting. i went to an incredible
the proliferation of news websites do the big newspaper brands still hold as much sway or any sway over british public opinion in the way they did? i british public opinion in the way the did? ~ british public opinion in the way the did? ~ i. british public opinion in the way the did? ~ ,.,,., they did? i think you re probably thinkin: they did? i think you re probably thinking back they did? i think you re probably thinking back to, they did? i think you re probably thinking back to, i they did? i think you re probably thinking back to, ithink- they did? i think you re probably thinking back to, i think this - they did? i think you re probably. thinking back to, i think this must have gone. but i think the power of the press is still very potent and in a good sense. if it shines lights and shows things which are wrong, with which politicians are doing, it uncovers facts or transactions or deals or policies which are not getting the full sunlight which the public needs to ma