:00:00. > :00:00.the European Union have to be Brexit book. -- after the Brexit foot. At
:00:00. > :00:00.10pm there will be a full round-up of all the news, but first it is
:00:07. > :00:11.time for Newswatch. Hello and welcome to Newswatch
:00:12. > :00:13.with me, Samira Ahmed. It is more than three months
:00:14. > :00:19.since Britain voted to leave the EU, but has the BBC's reporting caught
:00:20. > :00:24.up with the new political reality? Kim Kardashian was robbed
:00:25. > :00:27.at gunpoint, it may or may not be what you want to hear about,
:00:28. > :00:31.but is it the sort of story BBC News First, Hurricane Matthew,
:00:32. > :00:40.the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade, has caused devastation
:00:41. > :00:44.and hundreds of deaths in Haiti. Although that has certainly been
:00:45. > :00:48.reported on BBC News, some Newswatch viewers have told
:00:49. > :00:50.us they feel the focus Peter White put it like this
:00:51. > :01:23.in an e-mail on Friday morning: if you didn't know exactly
:01:24. > :01:26.who Kim Kardashian was and what she had done to become famous,
:01:27. > :01:29.United been been used by some news the BBC brought us
:01:30. > :01:36.on Monday morning. In the early hours of this
:01:37. > :01:43.morning, Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint
:01:44. > :01:45.at this luxury residence. It is understood a night watchman
:01:46. > :01:48.was handcuffed and five men dressed as police, wearing masks,
:01:49. > :01:56.stormed her apartment and held her before ransacking
:01:57. > :01:58.it and leaving. She was left tied up
:01:59. > :02:06.in the bathroom. A bad experience for the TV reality
:02:07. > :02:08.star, certainly, but some viewers wondered
:02:09. > :02:10.whether the incident justified We put those
:02:11. > :02:55.points to BBC News and they told us: Another celebrity featured
:02:56. > :03:00.on the News Channel and BBC One early on Friday morning in the form
:03:01. > :03:03.of a headline crawling on the news This one read, "Ollie Murs:
:03:04. > :03:09.My heart goes out to Zane". Chris recorded this video
:03:10. > :03:22.for us to explain why. I wondered what the story
:03:23. > :03:24.was about so I waited until the headline came round again,
:03:25. > :03:27.to see if there was any more information, but no,
:03:28. > :03:29.just "Ollie Murs: My heart goes I am not a great fan
:03:30. > :03:33.of either of these guys, Ollie Murs or Zane Malik,
:03:34. > :03:36.but I was curious as to why it was on the breaking
:03:37. > :03:38.news headlines. I have since looked on the BBC News
:03:39. > :03:41.website and I can see there is a story there talking
:03:42. > :03:45.about Ollie offering support to Zane, who apparently has experienced
:03:46. > :03:50.some anxiety about performing on stage and has cancelled some
:03:51. > :03:58.performances, but none of this was presented by the news
:03:59. > :04:00.broadcasters at the time. We were just left with this
:04:01. > :04:02.curious, slightly bizarre, Political journalists had a bit
:04:03. > :04:15.of respite over the summer after the events of June and July,
:04:16. > :04:18.but they have been busy again for the past few weeks
:04:19. > :04:19.with the traditional party
:04:20. > :04:22.conference season. This week it was the
:04:23. > :04:24.Conservatives gathering in Birmingham and on Tuesday the BBC
:04:25. > :04:27.political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, had an appointment
:04:28. > :04:33.with the Prime Minister. Nothing about leaving the EU
:04:34. > :04:40.is likely to be neat and tidy, but how much mess does
:04:41. > :04:46.the Prime Minister think the economy Exit is an opportunity,
:04:47. > :05:00.but with the pound plunging a big The pound today has sunk to a 31
:05:01. > :05:12.year low, the very well-respected International Monetary Fund
:05:13. > :05:15.is warning that there is going to be a slowdown, how worried
:05:16. > :05:18.are you about the impact on people's livelihoods as we untangle ourselves
:05:19. > :05:20.from the European Union? The interview that followed prompted
:05:21. > :05:22.a number of people There were further
:05:23. > :05:33.associated complaints about what was seen
:05:34. > :05:40.about predominance of voices on air from those who were
:05:41. > :05:42.on the On Monday, Evan Davis
:05:43. > :05:44.hosted a discussion with four guests, all
:05:45. > :05:46.of If you think about
:05:47. > :05:50.Brexit, nothing has yet The European Union, the 27 of them
:05:51. > :05:55.that will remain in the European Union, have not
:05:56. > :05:57.yet had their meeting where they unanimously have to agree
:05:58. > :05:59.what their negotiation position is and we have not revealed
:06:00. > :06:06.what our position is. But some people feel it is the BBC
:06:07. > :06:09.that has not accepted the result of the referendum and a number
:06:10. > :06:14.of viewers complained about the make up of that panel,
:06:15. > :06:30.with a Ukip MEP posting this: We hoped to discuss how BBC
:06:31. > :06:33.reporting is adapting to the current political environment,
:06:34. > :06:35.but no one was available to do so. Instead the BBC gave us this
:06:36. > :07:09.statement: That is going on in one party has
:07:10. > :07:13.dominated the news coverage after Thursday's altercation in the
:07:14. > :07:18.European Parliament which left Steven Woolfe from Ukip in hospital.
:07:19. > :07:24.That night, the leader of Ukip in Wales was picked up on an interview
:07:25. > :07:32.he had given earlier in the day. You said earlier on the BBC do you think
:07:33. > :07:35.Steven Woolfe picked a fight. He said that he picked a fight and came
:07:36. > :07:42.off worse. APPLAUSE
:07:43. > :08:02.Mr Banks took to Twitter to see: please give us your thoughts about
:08:03. > :08:07.the issues we are covering today. There are details on how to contact
:08:08. > :08:13.us at the end of the programme. On Tuesday night BBC News at ten
:08:14. > :08:16.devoted ten minutes to the plight of Aleppo in Syria, under bombardment
:08:17. > :08:22.after the breakdown of the recent ceasefire. Viewers applauded a
:08:23. > :08:26.powerful report but some had already been distracted by one aspect of the
:08:27. > :08:29.studio introduction. The official figures showed that more than 100
:08:30. > :08:33.children have been killed in the rebel held areas in just over a
:08:34. > :08:40.week. Our special correspondent reports on the growing tragedy of
:08:41. > :08:44.Aleppo's children. His report does contain distressing images from the
:08:45. > :08:47.beginning. But those who did not spot the error, it was spelt out by
:08:48. > :09:14.a viewer. Lindsay was equally unimpressed:
:09:15. > :09:19.Much of the blame for it the dire state of affairs in Syria has
:09:20. > :09:24.believed at the door of Russia, who says it is attacking jihadists in
:09:25. > :09:30.Aleppo and it was very sorry for civilian casualties, but some
:09:31. > :09:35.viewers feel BBC coverage has failed to produce an objective view of the
:09:36. > :09:41.conflict. One viewer recorded his thoughts on camera. I wonder if the
:09:42. > :09:48.BBC has taken another trouble to put the Russian side of the Syrian war
:09:49. > :09:52.into perspective. We may not agree with what the Russians are doing,
:09:53. > :10:00.but they surely have a strategy which is relevant to them and to the
:10:01. > :10:05.Assad resume. It would greatly help viewers understanding of the whole
:10:06. > :10:13.dreadful complex affair if somebody could give the prospective of the
:10:14. > :10:19.Russian strategy and I think the BBC could do something to improve that.
:10:20. > :10:22.Tales and images of the destruction and suffering in Syria have been
:10:23. > :10:27.appealing more frequently on our screens in recent weeks and there
:10:28. > :10:33.are emotional impact is being felt by viewers and journalists. Last
:10:34. > :10:40.Friday on BBC One were images of the aftermath of one air strike on a
:10:41. > :10:50.city close to Aleppo. A rescue worker is overwhelmed after pulling
:10:51. > :10:55.a baby alive from the rubble. Syria's military intervention has
:10:56. > :11:01.caused untold suffering and it is not clear if it has brought the end
:11:02. > :11:07.of the war ended close. When the programme cut back to the studio, it
:11:08. > :11:11.was clear that the prayers centre -- it was clear that the presenter had
:11:12. > :11:25.been affected by what she had seen. One viewer said:
:11:26. > :11:40.Kate responded later to messages like that : thank you for all your
:11:41. > :11:44.comments this week. We are here to reflect your views so
:11:45. > :11:52.if you would like your comments to get aired more widely you can call
:11:53. > :11:57.us or e-mail us. You might end up appearing on the programme. You can
:11:58. > :12:06.send us a message on Twitter and do look at the website. That is all
:12:07. > :12:08.from us. We will be back to hear your thoughts about BBC News
:12:09. > :12:12.coverage again next week.