counter demonstrators. ukraine has condemned russia s assumption of the rotating presidency of the un security council as a slap in the face to the international community . ukraine s foreign minister urged council members to thwart any russian attempts to abuse the position. the presidency is largely ceremonial, although it oversees the agenda. now on bbc news, the media show geordie greig: britain s best connected editor. hello. 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 s rare to get an interview with him. welcome to the independent. thank you so much. lovely to be here. very nice to have you here. geordie greig has sat 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. geordie greig, welcome to the media show for th
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
So you knocked on doors and you ask people questions and you, hopefully, your natural curiosity led to what was needed, which is stories. and that set you up for a very well, highly regarded, garlanded career. after stints at the daily mail, the sunday times, you got your first major editorship at tatler magazine between 1999 and 2009. then, after editing the london evening standard for a year or so, you became editor of the mail on sunday in march 2012 and one when you took over, one of your critics complained that you had too many friends in high places to be a really good editor. how can you hold powerful people to account if you ve got if you re close friends with so many of them? i do think that there is a duty of an editor to report what s in front of them. and i think the god of news is ruthless and exposes cover ups, obfuscations and a lack of truth. and i think
Sinister admission but luckily, when he died, no players arrived. but it was fascinating to see that nether world of criminality, poverty. an area with incredible, vibrant history and an amazing editor who was race blind. we were never allowed to mention anyone s: this was a time of the new crossfire had just happened and so there was a whole education on race, on the different parts of society, of court cases, of council meetings, you couldn t really come back to the office until you d found a story and so he knocked on doors and you ask people questions and hopefully, your natural curiosity led to what was needed which were stories. in that set ou needed which were stories. in that set you up needed which were stories. in that set you up for needed which were stories. in that set you up for a needed which were stories. in that set you up for a very needed which were stories. in that set you up for a very highly - set you up for a very highly regarded carrier of distance of the
Important allies, hoping for the best but basically helpless to help. ed. ed: thanks, greg. if you have a young child or grandchild coming you know sometimes they drive you little bit batty with the questions, curiosity. how one fifth-graders curiosity led to something downright incredible. our midnight hero is next. - in a crossfit gym, we re really engaged with who we are as people and making everybody feel welcome. ordering custom ink t-shirts has been a really smart decision for our business. - [narrator] custom ink has hundreds of products