adrian monck

Month: October 2006

  • The Media Village

    Charles Dickens spent a great part of his life in what is now an anonymous Bloomsbury rat-run for black cabs called Doughty Street. Nearby is Brownlow Street, probably the name Dickens borrowed for the philanthropist who adopts Oliver Twist. It’s a run of sooty, late Georgian terraces, better known these days as the home of…

  • ITV gossip

    The ITV rumour mill continues with word that ‘senior ITV sources’ are lining up Stephen Carter as CEO with Kevin Lygo as Director of Programmes, according to The Guardian. Seems a tad, how can I put it? Unlikely… But is another bid for ITV about to hit the boardroom table? Now that seems a little…

  • Downing Street vs. The Media

    As Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister rolls into town, Mr Blair’s official spokesman has criticised media coverage of Iraq. That sounds fair. The media criticise the Prime Minister, why not give a little back? Well, we all know the conventional wisdom on Iraq is that the invasion replaced tyranny with anarchy. Conventional wisdom misses the point.…

  • MoD vs. ITV News – controlling access

    There is an interesting problem at the heart of the row between ITV News and the Ministry of Defence. The row arose because the MoD granted ITV News access to see the treatment of wounded service personnel. Rather than giving this an unqualified hoorah, ITV produced some reporting that the MoD’s head of news, James…