08/12/2017 Newswatch

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Hello, and welcome to Newswatch with

me, Samira Ahmed. Coming up... The

News at ten can't tell the

difference between three Bollywood

actors in reporting the death of

film star Usher Kapoor. And how the

BBC is sending journalists into

schools to tackle fake news. First,

how the death of the renowned Indian

actor Shashi Kapoor was covered on

the News at ten this week. The BBC

chose to play on the very brief

footage as Huw Edwards announced the

star had died aged 79. But neither

of the actors show work Shashi

Kapoor.

The veteran Indian actor

Shashi Kapoor has died in hospital

in Mumbai at the age of 79.

One of India's greatest acting

families, he appeared in more than

150 films, including a dozen in

English. He starred in some of the

biggest Hollywood blockbusters of

the 1970s and 80s.

Many viewers

noticed and complained on social

media, and the programme's editor

Paul Royal College on Twitter

shortly after. -- apologised on

Twitter.

And on the following night, on the

News at ten, the word is apologised

and yen over photographs of Shashi

Kapoor -- Huw Edwards apologised.

They confirmed that mistakes were

due to human error at.

Last night we

showed the wrong images, which we

apologised. The actor appeared in

more than 150 films, including

another of English-language

productions. Shashi Kapoor won

numerous acting prizes during his

long career, as well as one of

India's highest civilian award.

Well, the BBC said sorry. Was that

good enough? Many viewers got in

touch to question how such a mistake

could be made. Nadia Hussain

e-mail...

And Art Patel was not impressed

either...

A lot of people who watch

Bollywood movies, it's part of that

cultural history, identity, they

would find this very upsetting. It's

not very nice to show another actor

who is also a very big part of many

people's identity and culture to be

in the opening clip as opposed to

the person who passed away, Shashi

Kapoor. Shashi Kapoor is completely

different, for the BBC not to do

this distinction right from the off

is very inconsiderate.

The newspaper

review on the Andrew Marr Show got

rather heated last Sunday, leading

some viewers to question whether

Andrew Marr had control over the

panel. Ukip's former leader Nigel

Farage, a former Labour adviser and

Kate Andrews from the Institute of

Economic Affairs were on the sofa.

The freeze, take back control, take

back control and give it to the

Irish, you know, we are in such a.

Well, that's why we're going to talk

about, we have to stand up

OK guys,

guys

Brexit is failing because of

the government. It's an absolute

waste of time

Graham Lee's e-mail to

say...

And Monte Hellman called in...

Andrew Marr was unable to control

them. As a licence payer, somebody

who just wants information and to

learn something from these people,

this contributes nothing.

Now, the

term fake news may have first been

popularised by Donald Trump Geraint

his presidential election campaign,

but it's become a major concern, not

just because politicians throw it at

journalism they don't like, but also

because of the evidence of fake

stories created and spread,

especially through social media

platforms, noticeably in the run-up

to the US election. How easy is it

just got fake news? There has been

rapid change in how young people

consume news, and the BBC has

started a scheme to help secondary

school pupils identify it. The BBC's

editor and roll Rajan spoke at six

formers in Kent.

How do you consume

news everyday?

I'll be honest,

mainly through SnapChat.

Put your

hand up if you are an Snapchat.

To

gauge the news literacy, we showed

the pupils an image that was shed

thousands of time on social media.

It depicts a Muslim woman pictured

after the Westminster Bridge terror

attacks, yeah, she seems like she's

not caring. But this was fake news.

The image was attached to it wit

from an account linked to Russia,

and our pupils did detect

anti-Muslim prejudice.

I think if

she was of a different race this

treat would never have been put out.

It's really Rob that people feel the

need to do that.

From March, up to

1000 schools will be offered meant

to ring in class, online or at

events by BBC journalists, including

the likes of Huw Edwards and the

BBC's economic editor Kamal Ahmed,

and he joins us now. Have you ever

been caught out by fake news?

I

don't think so, no. Obviously we do

our best to make sure that we're

not.

I was once almost caught out.

A Mark Carney Twitter feed started,

who's the Governor of the Bank

of England, and I must admit,

for a moment I thought, my goodness,

the Governor of the Bank of England

is going to start tweeting.

That was the only time

I thought to myself,

check yourself, Kamal!

Is that really believable?

I think when you're thinking

about fake news, that is probably

the first thing to do.

Is what you're seeing

really believable?

And as soon as you've checked,

is Mark Carney going to be

on Twitter anywhere else,

everyone was saying, well,

of course, the Governor of the Bank

of England can do that.

-- cannot do that.

So I think it's thinking about,

what's the source of the story,

does it look believable,

is it being reported anywhere else?

And I suppose the responsibility

is on us as the BBC to help people

navigate this new world of news

that they live in.

Well, let's talk about that,

because people might say,

why does the BBC feel it needs to do

anything about this?

I think we do have a role,

if the BBC's role, its mission,

is to educate, inform and entertain,

educate is part of what we do,

and I think it's an important part

of the conversation.

And also I think, Samira, for us,

we need to listen as well.

We need to listen to young people.

Amol Rajan's piece there

was very interesting,

what people felt about some

of the news information

they were being given.

So it's a learning

exercise for us as well.

Let's look at a couple of the things

you mentioned there.

We saw Amol going into schools,

as you said, what actually

are people like him and you doing

when you do go into them?

Well, I'm going back to my old

school in the New Year in London.

I think what I would love to do,

and I think this is what the BBC

is planning, is just go through some

of those stories and talk

to the young people,

the sixth formers and others,

about what they think about the news

coverage and how it works.

And do they think about,

is it fake news?

Is a deliberately misleading

piece of information?

And how can you check whether it is?

It's very clear that young

audiences, particularly

in their teens and early 20s,

they don't consume traditional

curated TV news bulletins

like we all used to.

Do BBC editors understand

their world enough?

The BBC certainly does.

I would not claim myself

that we should say, we understand

the world that young people live in.

But certainly we have

all sorts of content

on Facebook and on Twitter,

on Instagram, we have a piece of our

of our organisation called

News Labs, which looks

at how news is shared

and different ways on mobile.

Newsbeat and Newsround,

they are on lots of these

social media outlets.

In terms of who you send out

to spread that message,

if you don't mind me saying so,

apart from Tina Hayley,

who has worked on Radio One,

one might think you're not actually

of that generation.

You know, who would be the right

people to be sending,

and is it people like you?

Well, I think it's young people,

but I think it's about showing

that the BBC takes it seriously

at whatever level of its

organisation you happen to be

and whatever age you are.

I'm certainly no celebrity,

and I wouldn't claim that I am,

but I think I work at the front line

for the BBC in economics,

which lots of young people talk

about and are very interested in -

intergenerational unfairness,

inequality, those type of issues

are issues that I cover.

And I think if I can help

people navigate that

and also listen to that,

I think that is of advantage,

I hope, to them, and it

certainly will be to us.

Kamal Ahmed, thank you. The tone of

Brexit coverage is a regular issue

with Newswatch viewers. This week,

breakfast presenter Charlie Stayt's

interview with Transport Secretary

Chris Grayling about Brexit

negotiations came in for criticism

by several viewers who thought it

was hostile.

I'm not sure what your

role was today in being sent out and

doing media interviews, I know you

are doing the rounds today, this is

how this works, but was your job to

reassure people that everything is

going well and everything is in

hand, because I'm not sure that you

have done that?

My job is to say to

people, we are in the middle of a

negotiation, it's a complex

negotiation, negotiations have their

ups and downs, we are confident that

we will move... Dogra Charlie Stayt

conducted the most appalling

interview with the trance but

secretary Dogra Chris Grayling, he

was rude and arrogant and often

aggressive. Surely Charlie Stayt

does not expect the Government to

reveal their strategy on live TV for

the world to C, yet he continuously

pressed Mr Grayling over and over

again, becoming increasingly rude

and offering his own sarcastic

responses when he didn't get the

answers that he was looking for. I'm

surprised that Mr Grayling did not

storm of the set. I would like to

think that BBC reporters can show

some respect that guests,

unfortunately it is becoming clear

that this is not the case.

Christine

Keeler, embroiled in the 1960 the

Profumo scandal which was a young

woman, died this week aged 75. The

then teenager was the centre of the

news media frenzy over her brief

relationship with a Government

minister, John Profumo, which shut

Harold Macmillan's government. Jack

Wheeler tweeted his discomfort with

the language used to describe her on

news obituaries.

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