hello, welcome to the media show. now, this week, we become aware of power battles within the taliban as we watch keenly to see what kind of government it wants to create. also this week, we re seeing increasing evidence the world s media is tuning out of afghanistan. well, we re not doing that on the media show we re going to tune into how western media and afghan media have covered this story. i want to understand the relationship between the taliban and journalists. i also want to understand whether this has revealed structural problems in how news works. has there been enough space given to context and history as many of us watching this week playing out have been asking, why is this happening? well, we ve a number of guests to help us, including cnn s chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, who, with this clip, became one of the faces of the story as the taliban took over. we decide to leave and head for our car. the fighter takes the safety off his ak lfl a
she wants to help the fight against terrorism. and the photo sharing app instagram may have a harmful effect on teenagers according to research by its owners facebook. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us olympic gymnast simone biles has accused the fbi of turning a blind eye to the sexual abuse that she and other athletes suffered, at the hands of their team doctor. she was among a number of people testifying before a senate committee, examining the agency s investigation into larry, who is serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting girls. nomia iqbal reports from washington. the world witnessed her mental struggles at the tokyo olympics. today, simone biles spoke about exactly what had impacted her. i don t want another young gymnast, olympic athlete, or any individual to experience the horror that i and hundreds of others have endured. the most successful gymnast of all time, she recalled the abuse she suffered at the hands of he
the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. in a moment, we re going to talk about channel 4. its new headquarters in leeds havejust opened, and the government s consultation on whether to privatise it is into the final straight. we ll hear the case for privatisation from a former channel 5 ceo, and if you re wondering whether any of this has anything to do with the telly you watch, well, we ll unpack that, too. first, though, let s talk to jack thorne who is an acclaimed screenwriter who s worked on his dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. and at this year s edinburgh tv festival, he gave the mctaggart lecture, which is one of the most high profile moments for the tv industry, and in that, jack thorne was blunt, telling the audience tv has failed disabled people utterly and totally. jack, welcome to the media show. i wonder if you could explain to us in more detail why you came to that stark conclusion about the state of the tv industry. primarily bec
in france for not having a covid 19 vaccine before a set deadline. and then mike is proposing to ban prisoners serving life sentences from having romantic relationships. this is to discourage groupies. we will hearfrom the this is to discourage groupies. we will hear from the group who broke the story in copenhagen copenhagen. china has hit out at a new security and defence pact between the us, britain and australia accusing the trio of playing geopolitical games . last night us presidentjoe biden, british prime minister borisjohnson and australiam prime minister scott morrison announced a new partnership called aukus. we re told the aim is to strenghten security in the indo pacific , many see it as a way of countering china s growing influence. here s how borisjohnson sold it in parliament. it amounts to a new pillar of our strategy by demonstrating british let me take a left to the state department where defence secretary our meeting their australian counterparts and
hello this is bbc news. the headlines. emma raducanu makes history at the us open, beating leylah fernandez to become the first british woman to win a grand slam singles final in 44 years. the queen is among those congratulating the teenager following her stunning victory in new york, just months after finishing her a levels. the uk s health secretary says the government won t introduce vaccine passports in england, ahead of plans to protect the nhs from rising covid cases this winter. the trade union congress warns that up to 660,000 jobs could be at risk, if the uk fails to reach net zero carbon emissions as quickly as other countries. the anti immigration hungarian prime minister, viktor 0rban, meets pope francis in budapest. now on bbc news.it s the media show, with ros atkins. hello. welcome to the media show. in a moment, we re going to talk about channel 4. its new headquarters in leeds havejust opened, and the government s consultation on whether to privatise it is in