Out the facts. But more and more and in the world in which we live but it has always been the way, ever since there has been war conflicts and wars always unfold on two levels. One is the facts on the ground and the other is the perception of the facts on the ground. And these perceptions now have become an increasingly hostile battlefield. I don t need to tell both of you that it is nothing less than a battle for the truth. So, that it s notjust that something happened, it s what other people think happened. And that feeling of what they think happened can matter more in the evolution of the conflict and in terms of how the story is told and retold and told again and then, it becomes history. And the efforts of the people within these stories to influence how the media helps shape those perceptions, they must ve changed the way that they try and influence how you and many others cover the stories? they have many more tools now. Before, it was simply face to face. Then, we went thr
PreSidential election. Now on bbc news, The Media Show. Hello, im ros atkins. And im katie razzall. And this week, were meeting the Business Brain behind europes biggest youtube creators, the Sidemen. Well also look at a new game from sony which has become one of the biggest flops in media history. Thats all coming up on The Media Show. Were Going to begin with news thats been dominating the headlines this week the escalation of the situation were Going to begin with news thats been dominating the headlines this week the escalation of the situation in the middle east. Weve been discussing the challenges of covering such a multifaceted story with the bbc s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. While we say that everything has changed about journalists but nothing has changed, the fundamentals are still there especially when you are on the ground in the heat and dust, in this case under the bombs. Its the who, where, what, when, why . What is actually happened . Remember that G
Multifaceted story with the bbc s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. Bbc s chief international correspondent lyse doucet. When we say that correspondent lyse doucet. When we say that everything correspondent lyse doucet. When we say that everything has we say that everything has changed forjournalists but changed for journalists but nothing changed forjournalists but nothing has changed, the fundamentals are still there, especially when you are on the ground especially when you are on the ground in especially when you are on the ground in the heat and dust, in this case, ground in the heat and dust, in this case, under the ground in the heat and dust, in this case, underthe bombs, it is the this case, underthe bombs, it is the coup, this case, underthe bombs, it is the coup, where, what, where, is the coup, where, what, where, why? what is actually happened? rememberthat where, why? what is actually happened? remember that good old fashioned word facts? it
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[wael] without facebook, twitter, google, youtube, this revolution would have never happened. do you guys end up spending 45 minutes or an hour scrolling through your phone instead of just going to sleep? [girls] yeah. managing my followers, my brand placements, it s a full-time job. your being observed constantly and algorithms are taking that information and changing what you see next until they ve changed your behavior. we didn t take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake. where are you getting your news from? before i get out of bed every morning, i m always on twitter. fake news can have real-world consequences. the pandemic wasn t real and we re here to take the country back. [music] the web is incredibly exciting because it is the fulfillment of a lot of our dreams that the computer would ultimately not be primarily a device for computation, but metamorphosize into a device for communication. [stephen] the promise of the internet from the