King Charles's US visit, attacks on journalists, I'm a Celeb editing row

About this episode

The episode discusses media coverage of King Charles III's US visit, attacks on journalists, and controversies in reality television editing.

Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall on some of the week’s biggest media stories: As King Charles III visits the United States, we ask how the media is covering the event on both sides of the Atlantic. We also examine attacks on journalists around the world following the killing of a Lebanese reporter in an Israeli air strike. A row over I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! raises questions about how reality television is edited. Plus, as a new series of Virgin Island begins on Channel 4, we speak to one of the people behind the format. Guests: Sean Coughlan, Royal Correspondent, BBC News; Jack Blanchard, managing editor, POLITICO; Christina Lamb, chief foreign correspondent, The Sunday Times; Lauren Morris, Culture News Editor, The Independent; Donald Clarke, edit producer in reality television; Rob Davis, executive producer and co-owner of Double Act. Producer: Dan Hardoon

People in this episode

Hosts: Ros Atkins, Katie Razzall

Guests: Sean Coughlan, Jack Blanchard, Christina Lamb, Lauren Morris, Donald Clarke, Rob Davis

Topics covered

• media coverage
• journalism
• reality television
• royal visit
• attacks on journalists
• television editing

Keywords

• King Charles III
• media stories
• journalist attacks
• Lebanese reporter
• reality TV
• Channel 4
• Virgin Island
• editing controversy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC News, POLITICO, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Double Act

Places: United States, Israel, Virgin Island

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