adrian monck

Tag: BBC

  • Royal reporting 101: contrast and compare…

    Whilst the BBC is apologizing for misleading people…

  • The Queen

    Thanks to the Guardian, the promo that the absurd BBC row was about… First point – is she really having a go at Annie Leibovitz? It sounds like royal joshing… Second point – it certainly doesn’t show her walking off in a huff, it’s just a simple shot transposition that could make you leap to…

  • How young people destroy trust in the media

    Michael Grade is a hugely entertaining chap, but he’s also an inveterate peddler of BS*. The man who wants to restore trust occupies a role as a PLC executive chairman that flies in the face of accepted rules of corporate governance. Never mind – have a cigar – we trust you! And the blame for…

  • The collateral damage of documentary promotion

    Yesterday the BBC invited assorted media journos to take a peak at its autumn schedule. According to the Guardian, as BBC One boss Peter Fincham introduced a clip to promote RDF doc series A Year with the Queen he announced, “Annie Leibovitz gets it slightly wrong and the Queen walks out in a huff.” We…