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Media briefing Friday 16 Jan 2015 g Top stories on MediaGuardian More » BBC told to tackle lack of women in news broadcasting Lords committee report urges broadcasters to offer flexible hours and finds bias against older women still exists in industry  Pakistan spot-fixing convictions to be examined over Fake Sheikh concerns Concerns over evidence provided by the journalist Mazher Mahmood have led to an examination of the convictions of Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt  Russell T Davies writing TV drama about Aids in the 1980s Former Doctor Who showrunner developing story for Channel 4 about men who lived “in the bedsits” and died in hospital wards  BBC prepares to boost Ukip coverage as it ranks it a larger party in election Nigel Farage’s party grouped with Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems, while corporation indicates Greens will still be covered as a smaller party  BuzzFeed launches its own 'public chat' channel in messaging app Viber Online news site’s partnership follows an earlier deal with rival Viber, and follows rumours of a similar alliance with Snapchat  Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook censorship despite Charlie Hebdo support Says his condemnation of Paris attack was to support freedom of expression but sees ‘tricky calculus’ in countries where that’s restricted  Chris Blackhurst leaves Independent and Standard multimedia job to take writing role Former Independent editor is the highest profile casualty of a cost-cutting drive across all Lebedev titles  James Bond Jr? MI5 opens its doors to potential spies for Blue Peter project BBC seeks to recruit three budding child spooks in Project Petra initiative, the first time TV cameras have been allowed inside the security service’s HQ  Nick Clegg: David Cameron’s stance on TV debates ‘slightly laughable’ Deputy PM says he wants Cameron to take part, and George Osborne urges broadcasters to come up with a good plan  Controversial Charlie Hebdo motions upset NUJ members London magazine branch to debate attack on cartoonists and Islamophobia  Today's newspaper headlines More » Today's media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day's media stories, including BBC told to tackle lack of women in news broadcasting and spot-fixing convictions to be examined over Fake Sheikh concerns  Media Monkey's pick of the day More » Sky News camera cuts away as guest tries to show Charlie Hebdo cover The solidarity of je suis Charlie that swept the media and the streets of Paris in the wake of last week’s terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo seems to be cooling in the cold light of editorial reality. There was an awkward moment during Adam Boulton’s Sky News Tonight show on Wednesday, when former Charlie Hebdo contributor Caroline Fourest attempted to show the front cover of the latest issue, which features a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad. During a live two-way with Sky News presenter Dharshini David, the broadcaster swiftly cut away after Fourest denounced the British media outlets who had decided not to show the front page of the satirical magazine’s “survivors” issue. “I am very sad that journalists in the UK do not support us, that journalists in the UK betray what journalism is about by thinking that people are not grown-up enough to decide whether a drawing is offensive or not,” she said. Fourest got the top half of the cover in vision before Sky cut away, with David swiftly interjecting to say that the news broadcaster had decided not to show that cover and apologising to viewers for any offence caused. Monkey has to dock Fourest points for poor technique here: the ducked head and rustling of newsprint gave Sky producers a clear indication of what was coming. Maybe a tablet computer would have proved more successful for Fourest?