Newswatch
| 14:49 UK time, Monday, 26 March 2007
On this week's Newswatch, the programme which discusses viewers' complaints about Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú TV News, Amanda Bruckshaw, duty weekend editor, responds to accusations that the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú weekend news bulletins ignored a protest staged by 12,000 doctors.
Controller of News 24, Kevin Bakhurst, defends the channel’s use of the term "Breaking News". You can watch the programme by clicking here.
Comments
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