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Media briefing Wednesday 28 Jan 2015                                                                                                                                g
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New York Times editor: we failed to do our job after 9/11 Dean Baquet admits that US mainstream media did not ask ‘hard questions’ before ‘war on terror’  David Beckham's TV ad for whisky cleared by advertising watchdog Complainants including Alcohol Concern asked for ad to be banned, saying former footballer gave ‘confusing message’  Japan's prime minister condemns 'despicable' video and 24-hour deadline to save Isis hostages Clip purporting to show Japan’s Kenji Goto says he and Jordanian pilot will be killed unless Jordan frees convicted bomber  ITV scores cricket World Cup highlights England games to be shown on broadcaster’s main channel with ITV4 showing other matches, including Scotland’s  Sky to spare its reporters from humiliation on transfer deadline day Sky Sports News has ended its tradition of standing reporters outside grounds on transfer deadline day to avoid farcical scenes  London Live local television station to cut third of staff Evgeny Lebedev’s channel to re-invest savings made from around 20 people going from news and current affairs team into programming content  Chair of Ipso funding body accused of conflict over Trinity Mirror hacking claims Paul Vickers tells Commons committee there was no conflict of interest in drafting plans to govern press while he was legal director of newspaper group  George Galloway's Question Time slot 'lacks sensitivity', BBC told Finchley MP says corporation’s invitation to Respect MP to debate in UK’s most Jewish constituency is ‘deliberately provocative’  David Cameron wants leaders' debates held before election campaigning Prime minister accused of ‘wriggling’ as he calls on broadcasters to include Northern Ireland parties and for debate series to be brought forward as early as March  Prince William was never in running for top Sandhurst honour, court hears Former instructor at military academy tells trial of four Sun journalists that paper’s 2006 story stating royal was ‘odds on’ to win award for best cadet was incorrect
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Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul to make Netflix debut Breaking Bad fans in need of a fix can get their long-awaited re-up in the UK on 9 February, when the first episode of prequel Better Call Saul will be available on Netflix. The 10-part series will go on the video on-demand service a day after it airs on cable channel AMC in the US, with the second episode up on 10 February and every Tuesday after that for the next eight weeks. Bob Odenkirk is back as the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawer”, as is Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut. Better call Saul. Better still, watch him … This being a prequel, set six years before Saul Goodman met Walter White, Saul isn’t Saul at all but Jimmy McGill. And Mike is looking better than the last time we saw him. From the team behind Breaking Bad – the great Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould – expectations are unnaturally high for the show, which Netflix describes as a “one-hour drama with comedic elements”. Catchy. Early reviews suggest it might just match them.