there is continuous news tv, radio continuous news, so there s a lot more of it. is that better or worse? it s better in that i think we are responding to what people want and how they live their lives and how they don t want to just kind of make an appointment to see news or to listen to news, they need it there, instantly so it s better in that respect. is the quality of what we do worse or better? i think the quality of what we do is actually incredibly good. you mentioned quality, but as you ve heard, some people think there has been a loss of quality because of the cuts that you ve had to make of the past few years. recently the bbc admitted it had been a mistake to interview the lawyer alan dershowitz after ghislaine maxwell s conviction. do you accept that with fewer experienced journalists in the newsroom, mistakes like that are going to happen more? well, mistakes do happen. i m not going to deny that. but i think in that particular case, it was less to do with cuts, to be hon