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Should the BBC have called the Christchurch shooting a 'terror attack'?

Published: March 22, 2019, 5 p.m.

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Roger Bolton asks the BBC News Editorial Director if the BBC should have termed events in Christchurch "terrorism", PM editor Owenna Griffiths discusses coverage of Brexit, and listeners give their views on cuts to Radio 3\'s Late Junction.

Recent BBC coverage of the Christchurch attack in New Zealand has sparked criticism from some listeners who take issue with the language used to describe the events. Others were frustrated by what they saw as disproportionate coverage and still more were annoyed when the BBC chose to name the alleged shooter in news bulletins. Roger puts these comments to the BBC News Editorial Director, Kamal Ahmed, and asks whether the BBC should have termed the atrocity a "terrorist attack".

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And, has Brexit begun to exhaust journalists and audiences alike? Owenna Griffiths, Editor of Radio 4\'s PM, tells Roger what she thinks she could be doing better and explains what she sees as her programme\'s unique role in approaching the story.

Presenter: Roger Bolton\\nProducer: Robert Nicholson\\nExecutive Producer: Will Yates

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