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We missed it. what you think about that now? its embarrassing. had you heard about parties at downing street before the mirror and itv published their scoops? no, apart from that when you mention. in that sense, youve heard of it but not recognised it as a party. i dont think we put it together, at that time that it was clashing at that time exactly with the instructions of the government. i think thats what happened, thats why we didnt spot it. others did. and when you saw the video, when you s...

If you read the newspaper you think everything is getting worse, its not. and we want to change our direction. and in terms of how far you would push yourjournalists to bring in stories, people told me that you rule by fear and theyre afraid of you. well, they shouldnt. .. i heard that i dont believe it. they shouldnt be, i dont think im a fearful person at all. i believe in being direct with people. is it your way of ensuring that yourjournalists bring in scoops, you need to put pressure on the...

It was -- ill never forget that kid. these soldiers, i mean, my god, i mean, these kids some of them 17 years old. and they were there because their country had sent them there. and they came home and people spit on them. going to vietnam was, i think, the most important thing that i did as a reporter, not because i got any scoops, because i made the day a little better for some of those kids. six weeks after i was there, i realized that this was simply not going to work. no matter how good our ...

They dont remember the day to day run—of—the—mill stuff. they admire the times if it covers something like covid thoroughly and responsibly which i think we have done. but you need scoops to lift yourself above the run—of—the—mill. i guess when it comes to scoops, right now the biggest scoops are all around politics, or more specifically politics and parties during covid lockdown. im sure the audience will be interested to know, what is your relationship with borisjohnson? i noticed ...

Minister and carrie, and he rang up to complain about that story of all things. anything more serious that he complains about? sometimes coverage, really its more nonspecific. and when the prime minister calls, do you feel under pressure, its the prime minister, does it impact what you do? no. and do you speak to him more than you spoke to other prime ministers, teresa may for example? no, about the same. under your watch sunday times broke the story with cash for honours story with allegations ...

Time for the media show. hello. if you really want to know how much power our newspapers have, you need to go to the top. and on todays media show where with a man whos been at the heart of fleet street for decades. john witherow is one of the longest—serving national newspaper editors first at the sunday times and now the times. under him those papers have exposed cash for honors, corruption of oxfam, abused that brought the room and much more. so at a time when the prime minister is fighting...

The preoccupations. and you learn from the subjects they raise whats really concerning them. and thats quite valuable. the actual information you get from them isnt. what does he ring to complain about? famously, we did a story saying he was going to get rid of his dog. which i think might have been planted by dominic cummings who wanted to get rid of the dog. this greatly upset the prime minister and carrie and he rang up to complain about that story of all things. anything more serious that he...

A fearful person at all. i believe in being direct with people. is it your way of ensuring that your journalists bring in scoops, you need to put pressure on them? yeah, i think everybody needs scoops, exclusives are central to all publications. without them youre just reporting the mass out there. we have to differentiate ourselves. what we see on digital is, when you have exclusives, people really engage much more and admire the paper doing for that. weve had a string of real exclusive over th...

Diseases on retreat, violence is down over the decades but people dont realise that. if you read the newspaper you think everything is getting worse, its not. and we want to change our direction. and in terms of how far you would push yourjournalists to bring in stories, people told me that you rule by fear and theyre afraid of you. well, they shouldnt. .. i heard that i dont believe it. they shouldnt be, i dont think im a fearful person at all. i believe in being direct with people. is it your ...

Get from them isnt. what does he ring to complain about? famously, we did a story saying he was going to get rid of his dog. which i think might have been planted by dominic cummings who wanted to get rid of the dog. this greatly upset the prime minister and carrie and he rang up to complain about that story of all things. anything more serious that he complains about? sometimes coverage, really its more nonspecific. and when the prime minister calls, do you feel under pressure, its the prime mi...