and i suppose, you know, whether the media has a role to play in polarising opinion, when it could actually be bringing people together potentially. i think it is - polarising opinion. i think what this shows is that newsrooms are treating this l as a culture war story, rather than a health i and science one, and it s testament to newsnightl that the story was . pursued in this way. and i think it s a real. shame that, you know, originaljournalism is beingl gutted from newsnight now and we may not see stories of this ilk in the future - from that particular show. and what s your sense, as somebody who previously worked at the times, of whether how those newspapers, how places approach these issues and the impact they have? they embrace these issues. they want to write about them because they drive huge - engagement and interest - and, you know, iwas encouraged to pursue stories where the media and these i debates intersected because
whether the media has a role to play in polarising opinion, when it could actually be bringing people together potentially. i think it is - polarising opinion. i think what this shows is that newsrooms are treating this l as a culture war story, rather than a health i and science one, and it s testament to newsnightl that the story was . pursued in this way. and i think it s a real. shame that, you know, originaljournalism is beingl gutted from newsnight now and we may not see stories of this ilk in the future - from that particular show. and what s your sense, as somebody who previously worked at the times, of whether how those newspapers, how places approach these issues and the impact they have? they embrace these issues. they want to write about them because they drive huge - engagement and interest and, you know, i was encouraged . to pursue stories where - the media and these debates intersected because they were controversial, - because they stoked opinion. and for the bbc, it