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in winter storms sweeping across north america, which are being described as the "blizzard of the century". thousands are still without power and there is ongoing widespread travel disruption — nearly 20,000 flights have been cancelled in recent days. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. where do you get your news from? do you trust it to be true? for many of us, the answers to these questions are changing. social media is an increasingly dominant source of information. long—established news sources, like us at the bbc, are in a fight for audie...

people to pray for his predecessor, pope—emeritus benedict, whose health has worsened. officials say his health has deteriorated overnight. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. where do you get your news from? do you trust it to be true? for many of us, the answers to these questions are changing. social media is an increasingly dominant source of information. long—established news sources, like us at the bbc, are in a fight for audiences and, yes, for trust, too. my guest, david dimbleby, became, in the course of a long broadcasting career, th...

but there should be some sunshine around in places. increasingly wintry. factor in the northerly winds, it'll feel colder than this. for next week, turning much colder for a time, increasing risk of frost and ice where we have had all of the flooded fields. things could be disruptive on monday, so stay tuned to the forecast. thanks, stav. that's it. there's more analysis of the day's main stories on newsnight, just getting underway over on bbc two. but the news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. have a very g...

And political mind—sets on the ground in tigray, through social media, through twitter, and other platforms that may be very powerful in ethiopia. and i notice, you're not even on social media. no, i'm not. no. doesn't that make you a bit of an information dinosaur? yes, probably! well, you can laugh, but you're a journalist. yes. you care about the information environment in which you work. cos this is the reality of today. do you spend your whole time on twitter? i don't spend my whole time... do you pick up all your news from twitter? i'm definitely on twitter. or do you pick it up from b...

Simple example. if you're living in tigray province at the moment and you want to know what's actually happening on the ground, you would not listen to addis ababa. you'd listen to the bbc cos you know the bbc would be trying to tell you, as well as it could, the truth as it saw it on the ground. that's a very interesting example cos, actually, if you really wanted to know what was going on on the ground in tigray, you'd probably be best advised to follow all sorts of different people with different inclinations and political mind—sets on the ground in tigray, through social media, through t...