adrian monck

Month: January 2008

  • Breaks off News At Ten

    News At Ten returned. With no commercial break. Deliberate? Permanent? Odd feeling in what was otherwise a very familiar programme package (well, I did work on it years ago). But down to business. You want an old-fashioned critique of an old-fashioned show? Start with the Bongs (the headlines). Hasnat Khan exclusive/Diana Georgina Edmonds murder Antarctic…

  • Carnival of Journalism 2 (Gnostic edition)

    Actually it’s starting to feel more like a blog caravan than a blog carnival of journalism as bloggers hop on board. So what is the journosphere up to? First up, generously passing on tips: Dave Cohn aka DigiDave wants an unconference to unite journalists and community types. And it isn’t just breathless blog talk –…

  • The return of News At Ten

    The old wisdom would have been that the coming News At Ten battle is between two types of television news. One side, the Beeb, driven by the need to inform. At its best patrician and provocative. At its worst dull. The other side, ITN, driven by the need to tell stories, at its best emotionally…

  • Do spies tell lies?

    Do intelligence services spread lies? Sir Richard Dearlove, the only time I ever spoke to him, said they don’t set out to do so, but implied that lies may be the consequence of their operations. Stephen Hadley, Bush 43’s National Security Advisor, begs to differ. This from January, 2005: [Steve] Hadley went head-to-head with CIA…