:00:01. > :00:06.see pandas. We are back at 9pm. Now it is time for Newswatch and a look
:00:06. > :00:16.back at how some of the bigger stories were reported this year and
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:00:26. > :00:31.From welcome to the last Newswatch this year and what a year it has
:00:31. > :00:36.been. We are looking back at how some of the big stories were
:00:36. > :00:46.covered, what he thought and how editors and journalists talked
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:00:50. > :00:54.This is the man police have arrested. Christopher Jefferies, a
:00:54. > :01:01.retired schoolteacher, Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator
:01:01. > :01:08.and Jo Yeates's landlord. Has serious damage being done to his
:01:08. > :01:11.reputation by the public, media and television reports like the BBC's?
:01:11. > :01:18.I do not think we have said anything on television which has
:01:18. > :01:23.done that. More tonight about the shooting dead of US congresswoman
:01:23. > :01:29.Gabriel Giffords in Arizona. We have heard reports that according
:01:29. > :01:33.to a hospital spokesperson, she is still alive in surgery. I regret we
:01:34. > :01:39.got it wrong. We had many sources and some correspondence said on air
:01:39. > :01:49.that they had been told it was true. I did not think it is any excuse
:01:49. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :02:00.for getting it wrong. We are just In the early evening, more dead and
:02:00. > :02:04.wounded. One listens to the radio and watches the television channels
:02:04. > :02:11.and has the impression that we have got a duplication of effort taking
:02:11. > :02:15.place. We have been getting the calculator out and we have counted
:02:15. > :02:21.17 BBC reporters and presenters. Some for other outlets but at least
:02:21. > :02:26.10 of them appearing on television. Delirious scenes of joy in Libya
:02:26. > :02:31.where the opposition is in control. Much of the information was hard to
:02:31. > :02:35.come by and pictures from anywhere were scarce. In the eyes of some
:02:35. > :02:42.viewers, the footage that was used was just a substitute for proper
:02:42. > :02:46.journalism. We are pretty relied on what people can shoot themselves
:02:46. > :02:50.and delivered to us and that presents us with some problems. We
:02:50. > :03:00.need to verify these pictures and be clear about when they were
:03:00. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:07.shocked at what they are of. -- It was triggered by the earthquake
:03:07. > :03:12.and reached the shore with terrifying speed. Bates broke away
:03:12. > :03:18.from moorings, splintering like matchsticks. Buildings collapsed
:03:18. > :03:23.into the water it. I think it is grossly irresponsible of the BBC to
:03:23. > :03:26.have sent reporters and supporting teams at this place at a disastrous
:03:26. > :03:36.teams at this place at a disastrous time will stop there will be in
:03:36. > :03:49.
:03:49. > :03:55.What do you think of the coverage in the run-up to the Royal wedding?
:03:56. > :04:00.Quite tiresome and obsession, to be frank. They have got an obsequious
:04:00. > :04:05.attitude with correspondence and stay focused on the minor details
:04:05. > :04:15.like the dress, family coats of arms and it is quite tiresome and
:04:15. > :04:21.
:04:21. > :04:25.The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin
:04:25. > :04:29.Laden, the leader at Al-Qaeda. Laden, the leader at Al-Qaeda.
:04:29. > :04:39.outside the White House, scenes of celebrations. I am astonished by
:04:39. > :04:43.
:04:43. > :04:47.the celebratory nature of much of After MP John Hemming named Ryan
:04:47. > :04:53.Giggs in the House of Commons, Sky News as the BBC followed suit. It
:04:53. > :04:57.would have been a criminal act it repeated outside Parliament. For me,
:04:57. > :05:03.the balance in this case came down to public service obligations to
:05:03. > :05:08.report events in Parliament on this issue, even though it involved an
:05:08. > :05:12.element of legal risk. With such pageantry and such an important
:05:12. > :05:20.person, would you not expect the BBC to laddish its finest work on
:05:20. > :05:27.this? Maybe not. The cottage had come in war and not edited but
:05:27. > :05:33.undeterred, they stuck with these pictures for 14 minutes. -- footage.
:05:33. > :05:42.It is absolutely disgusting and rather embarrassing. Always Look On
:05:42. > :05:46.the Bright Side of Life... Rising energy prices, bigger the 80 and a
:05:46. > :05:56.cut in government spending all contributed to a very weak economy
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:06:12. > :06:22.contributed to a very weak economy The grip was more dainty than her
:06:22. > :06:22.
:06:22. > :06:30.husband. It was a very smooth and firm action. But that is not news,
:06:30. > :06:37.is it. It is just grovelling and sycophantic drivel. For three weeks,
:06:38. > :06:42.reservations, arrests and problems have gripped many and maddened some.
:06:42. > :06:48.But how had they kept with the public figures on the spotlight?
:06:48. > :06:58.public figures on the spotlight? According to Eileen, like a pack of
:06:58. > :06:59.
:06:59. > :07:04.It has certainly been at a frenetic environment and quite often when
:07:04. > :07:14.are these things calm down, you look back and think, maybe,
:07:14. > :07:18.
:07:18. > :07:21.actually, things happened during Two police cars are set alight by
:07:21. > :07:26.protesters at Tottenham in north London. We have got problems with
:07:26. > :07:31.riot police. They threw petrol bombs and set fire to buildings.
:07:31. > :07:36.The word protesters was used for too long for people taking part in
:07:36. > :07:41.what was fundamentally criminal activity. These people partaking in
:07:41. > :07:51.violent actions, they were not being protesters went the bricks
:07:51. > :07:53.
:07:53. > :07:56.It was the day when the ruling of the courts collided with the
:07:56. > :07:58.determination of the community. In the middle of the afternoon,
:07:59. > :08:08.the middle of the afternoon, bailiffs marched to the entrance of
:08:09. > :08:20.
:08:20. > :08:24.Dale Farm. It was an absolute Today, new footage emerged of
:08:24. > :08:32.Colonel Gaddafi's idle moments. Here, he is led away on foot by
:08:32. > :08:36.rebel fighters, quickly surrounding him. -- final. It was all more or
:08:36. > :08:44.less every page of the Web site and for me it was not acceptable. They
:08:44. > :08:50.meet me feel physically sick. We are not used to seeing these images.
:08:50. > :08:55.We are not. The approach we made on television and online was to keep a
:08:55. > :09:05.warning to viewers. To flag up that you are about to see something
:09:05. > :09:09.
:09:10. > :09:19.Oh my God. Disbelief from motorists as they were driving past the pile
:09:20. > :09:28.
:09:28. > :09:33.When the latest figures come out tomorrow... A study found that the
:09:33. > :09:36.British public is still confused about the economic crisis in Europe.
:09:36. > :09:43.That people do not think the media in general have helped them enough
:09:43. > :09:46.to understand it. We go out of our way to instantly connect it back to
:09:46. > :09:54.the UK so they can feel an immediate connection but we
:09:54. > :10:02.understand they are very past conflicts issues, having said that.
:10:02. > :10:12.-- past conflicts issues. -- complicated issues. Opinion he was
:10:12. > :10:14.
:10:14. > :10:18.complicated issues. Opinion he was The French President was shipper. A
:10:18. > :10:28.British Prime Minister managing a clenched smile as the relationship
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:10:40. > :10:50.This week, the BBC's director of This week, the BBC's director of
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:11:04. > :11:08.Thanks very much to all those dealers who gave asked their
:11:08. > :11:12.opinions this year and to BBC staff for appearing on the programme. We
:11:12. > :11:16.will doubtless hear more in 2012 about the relationship with Europe,
:11:16. > :11:20.economic troubles in Europe and elsewhere and the problems with the
:11:20. > :11:25.so-called Arab spring up risings. We have got presidential elections