MediaGuardian briefing

Media briefing Tuesday 24 Feb 2015 g Top stories on MediaGuardian More » BBC and police heavily criticised over Sir Cliff Richard raid coverage South Yorkshire force’s deal to supply details of raid to corporation, which broadcast live coverage, caused singer unnecessary distress, says report  Broadchurch to return for third series with David Tennant and Olivia Colman Murder mystery attracted average audience of more than 9 million viewers across its two series  Bill O'Reilly tapes fail to back up claims of 'combat zone' reporting CBS footage from 1982 contains nothing to support Fox presenter’s description of protesters in Buenos Aires being shot and killed  Ukip docudrama: watchdog investigates after more than 6,500 complaints Channel 4’s Ukip: The First 100 Days to be investigated under Ofcom rules on offensive material, misleadingness and impartiality  Ofcom asks London Live about amount of local programming Broadcast magazine says London TV station is failing to show eight hours of ‘first run local programming’ required of its licence  Jon Snow: 'I do not think about sex every time I meet a woman' Channel 4 News presenter on the BBC job he rejected, his (small-c) conservative politics and why Paxman will host a better leaders’ debate than him  Lack of working class actors is changing what gets made, says Jimmy McGovern Screenwriter famous for gritty dramas says he struggles to find working-class actors to play parts in his series because only posh people can afford the training  Labour presses David Cameron on leaders' debates as schedule published Party tells Tories Ed Miliband will be available for head-to-head debate scheduled for week before election, and seeks commitment from PM  Jeremy Clarkson in foul-mouthed Twitter rant against Liverpool paper May calls Top Gear presenter a “buffoon” after he gets into Twitter spat with Liverpool Echo over his critical comments about the city in the Sunday Times  I did not enter journalism to become a criminal, says Sun's royal editor Duncan Larcombe, on trial for allegedly paying Sandhurst officer for tips about princes William and Harry, says in his ‘heart of hearts’ he did not believe he had done anything wrong  Today's newspaper headlines More » Today's media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day’s media stories, including BBC and police criticised over Sir Cliff Richard raid coverage and Broadchurch to get third series  Media Monkey's pick of the day More » BBC’s Nick Robinson has some winning moves to earn extra cash as a speaker According to his agency Speakers Corner, Nick Robinson is “a sought-after after-dinner speaker, keynote speaker, conference facilitator and awards host on the corporate circuit”. As part of this energetic, multi-hatted other life the BBC’s already overworked political editor will be found on 19 March giving the keynote address at the Jersey Finance Annual Funds Conference. Entitled Winning Moves (a name inspired by chess, so the website image shows a checkmate - but who’s being checkmated, eh?), this gathering of “world class funds professionals” will reunite him with Jeremy Paxman, as Paxo will be quizzing selected fatcats and giving a “closing address”. Monkey’s eyebrows are somewhat higher than usual, but apparently it’s all OK: “BBC people” are allowed to accept such engagements, it seems, “as long as they seek permission from their line manager and it’s not judged to be a conflict of interest. Nick did and it wasn’t”.

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