'Should we believe the News?', with Ros Atkins from the BBC

Friday 17th November
6.30pm
Livestreamed from the Quarry Whitehouse Auditorium, Selwyn College, The University of Cambridge
Millions of people in the UK, and countless more around the world, are now deeply sceptical about the news presented by established broadcasters and newspapers. The rise of social media has eroded trust in traditional journalism, and there is a daily battle for credibility between our old concept of the truth and what can, at worst, be deliberate disinformation.
Ros Atkins is the newly-created analysis editor for the BBC, and his role is part of the corporation’s argument that factual reporting is needed more than ever. But can it succeed, and still meet the needs of increasingly polarised audiences?
Ros will be in conversation with the master Roger Mosey, a former editorial director of the BBC. We will be inviting questions from the audience. Ros Atkins has written a book 'The Art of Explanation', which will feature in the conversation.

[@michaelwells2090]

Excellent! Strong arguments for protecting the future of both the BBC and the UK's top universities.

[@johnwade7430]

Excellent presentation - thanks for this.

[@lobintool]

"Should we believe the News?' Err No! We should not!

[@simonlevett4776]

I don't think we should believe Atkins either, as he was used by the BBC in trying to debunk solid, clinical based evidence that Ivermectin was useful in the treatment of Sars Cov 2.

[@devos3212]

He seems very reasonable to me.

[@rosajucglaserra4506]

No

[@cebrayilcebrayilov7295]

T

[@devos3212]

Ruth bombs