The day s news. But first, its newswatch. Hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. After the Manchester Arena bombing, we discussed how news should report the horror of a Terrorist Attack without giving the perpetrators the publicity they crave. And we look at how newsround covered that news for its young audience. It was shortly after half past ten on monday night when the news came through of what would turn out to be the worst Terrorist Attack in the uk for almost 12 years. Lets break away from the Election Campaign for a moment, we have some news coming into us out of the north west. Greater Manchester Police have warned people to stay away from Manchester Arena. As officers respond to what they are describing as an incident amid reports on social media of some kind of explosion. By the following morning, the scale of the violence had become clear. Breakfast invited three of those who had been at the Ariana Grande concert into the studio. Im still processing it myself. It is, you know. I really admire you for coming on this morning and talking with such honesty about this because there is all sorts of quotes people can come out with saying, we will fight back and go one and we will continue. But at a time like this, it is just devastating to be involved in that and to be part of it. Yeah. No, it definitely is devastating. But discussion divided newswatch viewers, with Anne Williams one of a number concerned that adrian clark was also not alone of a number concerned that adrian clark was also not alone in writing over the days that followed though, there were further complaints about other eyewitness interviews, and some of the images shown on television. On wednesday, the diplomatic row with the United States developed, after the New York Times printed close up photographs of fragments of the bomb used and the apparent tattered remains of the backpack that held it. Those photographs were also shown on the bbc news, prompting craig rothe to beg the point was made by others, too, as in this anonymous telephone call. Im absolutely disgusted. The government was completely outraged by america showing pictures of the Manchester Bombing and the aftermath. And then the bbc showed the photo. I thought we were better than that. There were more general concerns about the quantity of the Coverage Playing into the hands of those responsible for the atrocity, with Mark Dunsford wondering other viewers objected to the repeated use of video, showing panicked concertgoers fleeing the scene, with Shane Mitchell recording this video for us. What ijust dont understand is why the bbc keeps playing this footage when there is one of these terrorist atrocities. Of the people screaming as it is happening. What is the purpose of it . Our natural Human Reaction if we hear Something Like that, Somebody Suffering and terrified, and people who are being murdered, is to put our hands over our ears. Its dehumanising and weird and intrusive to have to keep listening to this. And to have it forced upon us. Well, we put some of those points to the bbc news, and they told us much of the revulsion at the attack stems from it being directed largely at children and young people, much of the revulsion at the attack stems from it being directed largely at children and young people, one of the victims was just eight years old. That presents a particular journalistic challenge to the bbcs programme and website specifically for children, newsround. How to report on a shocking event of a special interest to its audience, without scaring them unnecessarily, or sugar coating the horrific events of monday night . Here are some examples of how the Programme Makers answered that question. Hello, im ricky. Welcome to a special newsround from Manchester City centre. You arejoining us here because late last night, there was a Terror Attack at an Ariana Grande concept behind me at the Manchester Arena. Whats important to remember is that although events like this are very sad, they are also rare. Worrying stories are often in the news because they dont happen very often. So what should you do if you are feeling sad or anxious . Talk about it. Amongst the confusion last night, lots of people in manchester were helping each other out. And hotels like this one in the city centre were also helping people caught up in the attack. I just wanted to thank the people who all helped them. Did it put you off from maybe going to the city centre . I dont think it should put me off, but i am a little bit put off, because ijust think, if they are trying to scare us, then we should show them were not scared and we shouldnt let them. Newsround has been widely praised on social media for the approach its taken this week, with Tamal Ray Tweeting this well with Tamal Ray Tweeting this well the editor of newsround is lewis james and hejoins us now from the studio in salford. Lewis, how did you decide to cover the manchester bomb attack . As you said in your introduction, this was probably the most challenging event that any of us have had to cover on newsround, particularly because it appears the attack was targeted specifically at children and young people at a pop concert. We were aware right from the beginning i think both of the scale of the story and the horrendousness of it. But also i think the need for calm information to our audience. In order that they could try to put it into some kind of context, and help to process it. The images that you would not show, that other news outlets would, notjust explicit images but, for example, even inside the arena in the aftermath . Yeah, we chose not to show any pictures from inside the arena. I think with this, its always a judgment call, really, that we have to make on how much we can show that will properly tell the story but also whether we are going to cause additional distress to children, which we obviously want to avoid. We did not show anything from inside the arena, we did not show people injured, people on stretchers. We did show a Emergency Vehicles arriving and leaving. And we did show people talking about it. We did not show very distressed people, and we used animation in particular because that really helps us. We can convey things through animation in a way that is reassuring to children and in a way that does not distress them. We also went out and spoke to children, as well. In the immediate aftermath. We spoke to children in manchester, they had already heard about it. They were already discussing it. They were fantastic, actually. They were able to contextualise it for other children and were able to provide reassurance, by the way they were dealing with it themselves. Your coverage also focused on positive offers of support, such as from the hotels and the taxi drivers. Is that again a deliberate decision to emphasise that aspect of things . Very much so. We emphasised the help that is given. I think, this is such a bleak story, in many ways. Very much so. We emphasised the help that is given. I think, this is such a bleak story, in many ways. But one of the things thats not just newsround but other News Organisations in parts of the bbc emphasised was the fact that on that night, and afterwards, people rallied together. People gave taxi rides for free, hotels opened their doors, people open their doors to strangers on that evening. There was an outpouring of support. I think, in the midst of something that is so horrendous, its important we feel to tell our audience that lots of people are helping coming together to help people who are affected. You will know that adults really worry about how to explain a Terrorist Attack to a child. Do you have a deliberate policy . From what you told me, it sounds like you do, trying to provide support for your audience . Yeah, we do. I think there is a realisation of that there is a limit to what we can do, and the best thing really for parents is to talk to their children. We direct children to their parents or to trusted adults, people like teachers, so that they can have that conversation. Because we cant have that conversation one on one with children. I think it is a conscious decision for us to do it. This week, the feedback we have had from the audiences that they appreciate that advice and that parents appreciated it and have been referring to it on social media and so one. Yes, we do have a deliberate policy and we hope it is useful when Something Like this happens. Are there any news events or stories that you feel you just would not cover, for newsround audience . No. I dont think theres anything we would not cover. I think we think very carefully about a number of things when we decide whether to cover it. In the case of these attacks, unfortunately, the scale of them and the revulsion at what had happened was so large that we felt that children would hear about it potentially very quickly after the attack. Thats why we made the decision to run with the events quite quickly on newsround. No, there isnt anything that is off limits, but we do think long and hard about whether we have the tools to do it. Sometimes we will wait a little while and then things are clear before we report things, because its important for us to get it right for our audience. Lewis james, thank you so much. Thank you. Finally, by the end of the week, the general Election Campaign had resumed but when it was still suspended on wednesday, arthur gould wrote to us with this concern thank to us with this concern thank you for all your comments this week. If you want to share your opinions on bbc news or Current Affairs or even appear on the programme, you can call us on 0370 0106676. Or e mail newswatch bbc. Co. Uk. You can find us on twitter. Do have a look at previous interviews and discussions on our website. Thats all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc News Coverage again next week. Bye bye. Coming up in sports day Manchester City spent a reported £112 million to sign the monaco midfielder on a silver. He will make the move from the french champions to the etihad injuly. We will also look ahead to tomorrows fa and scottish cups as well as Rugby Union Premiership and pro 12 finals. Thats all on sports day at10 30pm. Thats all on sports day at 10 30pm. Now, its film review. Hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. To take us through this weeks Cinema Releases is mark kermode. So mark, what do we have this week . As im sure you must have noticed, there is a new Pirates Of The Caribbean movie coming into cinemas. Why . Laughter. Baywatch goes from small screen to big screen. And the other side of hope. Lets kick off with the Pirates Of The Caribbean, jack is searching for the trident of poseidon. Every single one of these films, this is the fifth, has a search quest. This time its for the trident of poseidon. The last time we were with Pirates Of The Caribbean, it was one that everyone felt was like an afterthought. The reason we are back is because these movies make a huge amount of money. We have some of the old cast, some new faces. But generally the same old story. Yes, there is a curse, a quest, some goings on. Here is a clip. I need to speak with you. Hand me your sword. I dont have a sword. What kind of soldier has no weapon . Im currently wanted for treason. So not the very good kind, then. Im looking for a pirate. Captainjack sparrow
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