:00:02. > :00:07.is spreading further across the Continent. We know that something
:00:07. > :00:13.is amiss but what is it? How did it come about? How might it be
:00:13. > :00:20.resolved? Difficult questions and in a moment, I will be asking if
:00:20. > :00:26.the BBC is doing enough to answer them. But first, a taste of the
:00:26. > :00:30.coverage. Although it hanging coverage...
:00:31. > :00:35.Does this coverage succeeded in informing and enlightening viewers?
:00:35. > :00:39.A new study has found that the British public are as confused
:00:39. > :00:44.about the economic crisis in Europe and that people do not believe the
:00:44. > :00:49.media in general have helped them enough to understand it. There are
:00:49. > :00:54.three main concerns. One is that the coverage does not really
:00:54. > :01:00.explain how it perfect -- personally affects them. That is,
:01:00. > :01:05.it is too much about shareholders and businessman. Secondly, there is
:01:05. > :01:10.too much jargon that they do not understand. And thirdly, they do
:01:10. > :01:13.not believe the recording -- reporting is fair and balanced.
:01:13. > :01:21.Sometimes they believe people are too much on the side of business or
:01:21. > :01:31.in the pocket of business and I'm not recording the views of ordinary
:01:31. > :01:56.
:01:56. > :02:02.families in their coverage. Some of From next week, the BBC is running
:02:02. > :02:06.a season of documentaries on BBC Two on the theme of money. And this
:02:06. > :02:12.way, it has been pointing viewers towards the information available
:02:12. > :02:16.on its website, which appears to be increasingly where people want it.
:02:16. > :02:24.This shows that there has been a shift to the use of online news as
:02:24. > :02:29.a force of financial information. It has become the second largest
:02:29. > :02:33.source of business and financial news after television. It has
:02:33. > :02:38.overtaken the print media. Television news faces a particular
:02:38. > :02:44.challenge. Stories about economics tend not to be very exciting,
:02:44. > :02:54.visually, resulting in the use of metaphors and analogies. It is not
:02:54. > :02:54.
:02:55. > :03:04.yet clear if they help understanding.
:03:04. > :03:09.Some difficult questions. Do you know where the trillions come from?
:03:09. > :03:14.I might have to refer you to Robert Preston on that one. Is the BBC
:03:14. > :03:18.doing enough to explain what inevitably is a complex situation?
:03:18. > :03:22.We are aware that our audiences have a massive interest in this
:03:22. > :03:26.story and they understand the relevance of the eurozone crisis to
:03:26. > :03:32.their own lives. Whenever we cover the eurozone, we try to connect it
:03:32. > :03:36.back to the UK so that people feel a connection with it. Having said
:03:36. > :03:40.that, we know that these are complex issues and we cannot often
:03:40. > :03:47.explained and in enough time. We are happy to go over that ground
:03:47. > :03:54.once or twice to repeat it so that people understand the answers.
:03:54. > :04:00.there too much jargon? That is a fair criticism. As far as we can,
:04:00. > :04:06.we try to avoid the jargon. We know that it does not help people
:04:06. > :04:10.understand in a very short bulletin. In our recent coverage of the GDP
:04:10. > :04:14.figures, Stephanie Flanders went out of her way to explain exactly
:04:14. > :04:20.what we were talking about, the total product of all the goods and
:04:20. > :04:25.services produced in the UK. In that sense, we do our best. When we
:04:25. > :04:30.talk about bond yields, we do not use that term. Instead, we talk
:04:30. > :04:35.about how much it costs a government to borrow. In that sense,
:04:35. > :04:41.we are conscious of the dangers of using jargon too much. We are also
:04:41. > :04:47.carrying out research into exactly what our understand -- our audience
:04:47. > :04:53.and stands as the terminology. you extend these visual metaphors
:04:53. > :04:58.too much? Is their problem that you are actually distracting people
:04:58. > :05:03.from the words? It is in danger but it is a balance that we must strike
:05:03. > :05:06.in terms of conveying immediately to people the sense of gravity that
:05:06. > :05:11.attaches to the story on a given day. And the image of the shredded
:05:11. > :05:15.euro notes was an interesting example. We were talking about the
:05:15. > :05:19.fragmentation of the eurozone and whether or not Greece would have to
:05:19. > :05:25.leave. The idea of the fragmentation was vividly conveyed
:05:25. > :05:28.in that way. What about those who think that you are seeing this
:05:28. > :05:33.entire crisis from the few of businessmen and investors and not
:05:33. > :05:39.the public? What we are trying to do is provide as much context and
:05:39. > :05:42.clarity as we can in as much of an impartial way as possible. We
:05:42. > :05:46.understand that there are at different points of view but we are
:05:46. > :05:52.interested in explaining to audiences what it means for their
:05:52. > :05:56.own. We have got to be mindful of information we are giving them but
:05:56. > :06:03.I would reject the criticism that we are too close to one particular
:06:03. > :06:06.group or another. Thank you. One of the more recognisable and
:06:06. > :06:12.entertaining players in the eurozone crisis has now departed
:06:12. > :06:15.the political stage to the regret of journalists everywhere.
:06:15. > :06:21.Prime Minister unseasonally optimistic, almost incapable, it
:06:21. > :06:25.seemed, of telling his people how dire it had all become. Tonight, as
:06:25. > :06:30.Silvio Berlusconi arrived at the presidential palace to tender his
:06:30. > :06:35.resignation, there was no member -- no longer room for optimism. The
:06:35. > :06:45.boos and heckles were telling. Italy had had enough. Not all
:06:45. > :07:00.
:07:00. > :07:03.Italians actually had enough, This week also saw the start of the
:07:03. > :07:07.Leveson Inquiry into press standards set up in response to the
:07:07. > :07:11.phone hacking scandal. On Wednesday, a barrister accused tabloid
:07:11. > :07:16.newspapers of a wide range of misdemeanours. The inquiry was told
:07:16. > :07:22.that the whole of the British press is in the dock. There was Kate and
:07:22. > :07:30.Gerry McCann. Her private diary was published after Portuguese police
:07:30. > :07:33.leak it. Then there was Christopher Jefferies. The lawyer said there
:07:33. > :07:38.had been a frenzied campaign of senior and innuendo to blacken his
:07:38. > :07:44.name. The inquiry is expected to last up to one year and its
:07:44. > :07:49.findings may have implications for the BBC. Should the BBC have played
:07:49. > :07:56.more of a role in investigating the hacking story? No, according to the
:07:56. > :08:06.chairman of the BBC Trust. He has said that there are some areas we
:08:06. > :08:09.
:08:10. > :08:16.should decline to follow even when other organisations have
:08:16. > :08:26.investigated. Some of you have disagreed with
:08:26. > :08:32.
:08:32. > :08:40.Saturday saw extensive broadcasting of the Lord Mayor's Show, an annual
:08:40. > :08:47.parade in central London that dates back 800 years. There was paying --
:08:47. > :08:57.there was a 1.5 our special on the BBC. We have been asking for your
:08:57. > :09:14.
:09:14. > :09:18.ideas on how the BBC might save Finally, our earlier discussion
:09:18. > :09:24.about whether more should be done in order to explain the crisis in
:09:24. > :09:29.the eurozone followed a more general point made on last week's
:09:29. > :09:33.programme. When I watch the news, although why understand most of it,
:09:33. > :09:39.there are things that I still do not get and if I want to find out
:09:39. > :09:42.things, I think it is important that the news gives us this kind of
:09:42. > :09:52.information. That provoked something of a debate among of the
:09:52. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :10:47.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 54 seconds
:10:47. > :10:57.Ideas were other news programmes and comments on existing ones can
:10:57. > :11:00.
:11:00. > :11:06.be made by telephone or e-mail. You can also find us on Twitter. Thank
:11:06. > :11:14.you full watching. You could be you full watching. You could be
:11:14. > :11:22.November continues to advance and one of the most common questions at
:11:22. > :11:31.the moment is how long can eat steak this mild for? -- how long
:11:31. > :11:36.can it remain this mild for a? The slight risk of frost across parts
:11:36. > :11:41.of England and Wales Saturday to Sunday but Saturday begins frost-
:11:41. > :11:46.free across the UK. Chilly in a few areas with the clear skies
:11:46. > :11:51.overnight. Also the chance of patchy fog first thing. In Wales, a
:11:51. > :11:55.fine start with temperatures already in double figures. A fine
:11:55. > :12:02.start for Northern Ireland as well but there is the chance of some
:12:02. > :12:06.rain towards the west throughout the day. A similar situation for
:12:06. > :12:11.Scotland. In the east, plenty of sunshine around the Moray Firth and
:12:11. > :12:17.here, temperatures already up at about nine degrees. Plenty of
:12:17. > :12:22.sunshine as we make our way down into eastern England as well. In
:12:22. > :12:28.the south-east, that sunshine may be marked by patches of mist and
:12:28. > :12:35.fog. That will gradually break up into low cloud. In a few areas, it
:12:35. > :12:39.will remain, however. That will lead to some contrast in the way
:12:39. > :12:43.temperatures for the afternoon develop. Most places will have
:12:43. > :12:49.temperatures in the double figures in the sunshine. Some of the
:12:49. > :12:53.murkier spots could see temperatures hovering at eight or
:12:53. > :12:59.nine degrees. In Northern Ireland and western Scotland, there is more
:12:59. > :13:03.cloud around and the chance of some light rain on and off. That will be
:13:03. > :13:10.persistent and somewhat heavier across western Scotland this
:13:10. > :13:15.evening and into the small hours of Sunday. Many areas will continue
:13:15. > :13:20.with clear spells and the slight chance of frost, especially around
:13:20. > :13:26.eastern areas, as we move into Sunday morning. But in the west,
:13:26. > :13:31.temperatures in double figures. Sunday looks like it will bring
:13:31. > :13:35.some drier weather, at least briefly, to Northern Ireland and