The Buck Stops Here (with Ria Lina and Sophy Ridge)
Episode description
This week, Armando is joined again by comedian Ria Lina, and Sky New's new breakfast host, Sophy Ridge.
In the week with 2 big resignations at the BBC, news journalism and accuracy are under the spotlight. We discuss the pressures on live broadcasting, editing, and deciding what stories make it to air. When is something worthy of coverage? These decisions are made all the time, but how? We also discuss how comedians skills can be deployed by journalists with tricky interviewees, and why the Edinburgh Fringe is the nadir of 'selective editing'.
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Sound editing: Chris Maclean Production Coordinator: Jodie Charman Executive Producer: Pete Strauss and James Robinson Recorded at The Sound Company
Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios production for Radio 4.