News about Mishal Husain

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: French magazine uses AI photographs to predict the Royal Family's future

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 30, 2024
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: French magazine Paris Match elevates the art of doctored Royal photographs to a new level with a portrait of 72-year-old Kate as Queen Mother in 2054. In a 200-page 75th birthday edition, it uses AI to generate photographs and text in a tongue-in-cheek prediction of the Royal Family's future, chronicling the abdication of King William in 2049, followed by the crowning of George VII.

Mishal Husain is expected to be the new star of the BBC's most coveted Royal events, replacing Huw Edwards

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 9, 2024
Mishal Husain, 51, (left), who was chosen to host Harry and Meghan's engagement interview, is the front runner to replace Huw Edwards (right) for the BBC's Royal events. Edwards, 62, the BBC's highest-earning newsreader, was suspended in July last year after he was discovered that he paid £35,000 to a young person, who was 17 years old when the suspected relationship began, in exchange for sexually explicit images. Edwards, who also appeared on the BBC's Election Night show, hasn't been on television since his deposition and is not expected to return to the organization. Laura Kuenssberg, a former BBC Political Editor, had been promised a fortnight ago that she would replace Edwards as the main anchor on the Election Night show.

CRAIG BROWN: Let's be straight, minister - that's as muddy as mud. Or, why politicians' repetitive interviews are clearly infuriating

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 26, 2024
Anyone who listens to Radio 4's Today show every morning is invited to share their breakfast with a minister. Mark Harper, the Secretary of State for Transportation, was on hand yesterday. He seemed to be making some sort of announcement about railways from a radio car in Yorkshire, but it wasn't really a re-announcement of an announcement he had already made four months ago. I suspect he had three cards on his laps, with the phrases 'game-changing,'welcome, and 'transformational' in thick black felt-tip capitals. He had to repeat them as often as possible.

When Martha Kearney's veteran political journalist steps down after the election, Woman's Hour host Emma Barnett is lined up to replace her as the BBC Today host

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 26, 2024
When veteran journalist Kearney, 66, stands down from her role following the general election this year, Bosses at the corporation are expected to be eyeing up the 39-year-old to take over presenting the Radio 4 show. Justin Webb, Mishal Husain, Amol Rajan, and Nick Robinson will all be included in the Today line-up. It comes after Kearney revealed today that she will no longer be on display. Since January 2021, Barnett has been hosting Woman's Hour. When approached by MailOnline, the BBC refused to respond.

After a blizzard of curse words on Radio Four's flagship Today show, swearing is becoming more popular, language experts claim

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 6, 2024
According to language experts, swearing is getting more popular on radio 4's Today program. A slew of swear words was heard on air. The two most common swear words in the United Kingdom, according to the researchers, are f*** and s***, which are mostly used to emphasize a point of conversation. Martha Kearney (right), a BBC Radio 4 journalist, said the word "s***" was on air before 7 a.m. when grilling the Home Secretary. During a tense interview with James Cleverly about his own use of foul words, the Today show host dropped the s-word when discussing a study about Husain's use of the swear word. When swearing is 'editorially justified,' the BBC allows swearing to be 'officially justified.' The word is likely tolerable by the corporation because it was quoting a politician in a tale in which the use of words was a point of contention.

Moment BBC Radio 4's Martha Kearney says 's**t' live on air before 7am - after Mishal Husain used the swear word SEVEN times in a minute during James Cleverly grilling

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 3, 2024
Martha Kearney (left), the presenter of BBC Radio 4's East coast, said's***' live on air before 7 a.m. today. It came a day after Mishal Husain (right) used the swear word seven times in a minute when she was grilling Home Secretary James Cleverly (inset) about his words. Cleverly has stated that he does not believe allegations that he had characterized the Rwanda program as "bats**t." Alex Cunningham's Stockton North constituency constituency is also a's**thole,' he denies referring to him as a's**thole,' despite the fact that he branded the politician's name 'a s***'. You called a government policy bats**t at the time it was announced,' and "the individual or place you refer to in Parliament as a s**thole."

Mishal Husain of BBC says,'s**t' she has SEVEN times live on air as she grills Home Secretary James Cleverly over his words

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 2, 2024
Ms Husain (right) started questioning the Home Secretary (left) about a string of remarks that have sparked national debate during a segment on Radio 4's Today show. Mr Cleverly has denied allegations that he had characterized the Rwanda policy as "bats**t," but did not know it. He has also denied calling Labour MP Alex Cunningham's Stockton a's**thole,' despite the fact that he actually called the politician 'a s**t.'

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Omid Scobie faces further embarassment after the original foreign version of his book Endgame referred to unspecified 'rumours' about William

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 15, 2023
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Scooby Doo, who is still knotted over what may or may not have been in the Dutch version of Endgame, is facing more embarrassment after naming Charles and Kate in a first faux pas. This has not been repeated in any other edition of the book, as in the cack-handed mention of the King and the Princess of Wales. Scooby continues to skate on thin ice, with lawyers only too keen to pounce.

Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth, and Nick Robinson of the BBC all attended the funeral service at the national hospital in honor of the journalist's tragic death from bowel cancer in 1997

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 7, 2023
Past and present BBC stars George Alagiah's memorial service in London on today, four months after he died aged 67. Mishal Husain, Fiona Bruce, and Sophie Raworth were among the dozens of people attending the service at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square. Nick Robinson, Mark Austin, Reeta Chakrabarti, Natasha Kaplinksi, Ferta Kaplinksi, Fergus Walsh, Simon McCoy, Matthew Amroliwala, and Matthew Amroliwala were among the others on stage. Frances Robathan, Alagiah's wife, and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence - Princess Anne's husband - attended the service led by Reverend Dr Sam Wells, which featured music from the London African Gospel Choir. Alagiah, a Sri Lanka-born journalist who appeared on BBC One's News At Six since 2007, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer, which had spread to his liver and lymph nodes in April 2014.

STEPHEN GLOVER: What an odd state of affairs it is when our national broadcaster takes the word of a barbaric terrorist group over that of a democratic government

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 18, 2023
A explosion at al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza on Tuesday evening killed hundreds of civilians, many children, including many children. This seismic activity is likely to exacerbate and widen the conflict. Who was responsible for this outrage? That was the query on the front page of this newspaper yesterday morning. Was it the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) or Palestinian terrorists? There was no way to know, which is why the Mail didn't point a finger. Other media companies, particularly the BBC, have been less forthcoming. Despite Israel's quick dismissal of any responsibility, journalist Jon Donnison told BBC News within hours of the strike: "It's difficult to see what else it might be, given the size of the blast, other than an Israeli air attack or several air strikes.' This message was sent to huge audiences, including in the Middle East. Auntie is well-respected in the Arab world, and politicians and ordinary people alike take her word seriously. Jeremy Bowen, a veteran reporter for BBC One, was giving a similar view, although in slightly less forthright terms. Since the BBC was rushed to judgment, the IDF have produced evidence showing that they were not responsible for the al-Ahli Hospital attack.

Revealed: How the BBC has consistently referred to horrific terror attacks in previous reports about Hamas, while refusing to use the word in articles about Hamas

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 17, 2023
Several reports on the BBC News website that are also available online detail events in the United Kingdom and elsewhere as terror attacks in headlines and text of news. The words used in stories about the London Bridge, Westminster, and Paris attacks are all associated with quotation marks or attribution. The BBC has been strongly chastised for refusing to refer to the killing of around 1,300 Israelis, many of whom are civilians, as terrorism. When it was announced that a headline on the BBC website described two Swedish football supporters' as a "terror attack," the outrage rage heightened today.

Ofcom has announced that it would not prohibit BBC from naming Hamas as "terrorists" and that the corporation used the term to describe 9/11 and the Bataclan attacks

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 16, 2023
No10 put further emphasis on the BBC by denying that using the word 'errorist' would breach impartiality policies. The Prime Minister's spokesperson also announced that the BBC had branded the 9/11 and Bataclan attacks as "terrorism." The intervention came after Tories told Ofcom that the broadcaster's handling of the situation was questioned.

As a broadcaster faces backlash for refusing to identify Hamas terrorists, Tim Davie tells BBC staff that you should'speak up whenever you need to.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 14, 2023
In an email, the BBC's director general (pictured left) said it had been'harrowing to watch and listen to the events' unfold in Israel and Gaza this week, as well as the contributions of 'teams who have been working around the clock.' In a tweet before, BBC News and Current Affairs chief executive Deborah Turness defended the corporation's editorial position, saying, "it is not for us to identify any group as terrorists, not for us to say what others do." However, she acknowledged that some employees were "uncomfortable" being at the 'centre of a public debate,' and that a meeting with anyone who might have questions regarding our editorial policies was welcome.'

Following Mishal Husain's 'angry' rant at Grant Shapps, which included "cobblers," the Conservatives request an apology from BBC

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 13, 2023
MPs attacked Mishal Husain's 'angry' attitude and dismissed 'cobblers' allegations that Ofcom laws barred the BBC from using the word 'terrorist'. When the Defense Secretary said in an interview on the flagship Radio 4 Today show that the BBC did not appear 'interested' in condemning Hamas, the row erupted. Mr Shapps said there were ample evidence of beheadings and hostage taking, while ensuring that Jewish schools were barred from entering the country due to fears of recursion, were surprised by the situation. Husain retaliated that other major broadcasters were doing the same, arguing that they were following the Ofcom code.

Grant Shapps in extraordinary spat with BBC's Mishal Husain over corporation's refusal to call Hamas 'terrorists' - as Defence Secretary urges Israel to minimise civilian casualties in Gaza

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 13, 2023
During a dramatic confrontation on the flagship Radio 4 Today show, a distinctly outraged Defence Secretary said that the broadcaster was not 'interested' in condemning the bloody attacks. He argued that Parliament had designated Hamas a terrorist group, prompting veteran foreign correspondent John Simpson's 'u nfortunate' article, which defended the muted words in coverage. Mr Shapps said there were ample evidence of beheadings and hostage taking, and that Jewish schools were encouraged to close in the UK due to concerns of repurcussions. I think it's pretty clear that there is terrorist activity, and I find it's odd that it isn't even called that.' Husain retorted that other major broadcasters were doing the same, claiming that they were following the Ofcom protocol.

Following an allegation he denied, Nolan expressed regret

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2023
After admitting to posting a sexually explicit snapshot with staff, BBC presenter Stephen Nolan (left) - the corporation's fifth highest paid actor, has expressed regret. Bear, a former Big Brother winner, was jailed for 21 months earlier this year after being found guilty of revenge porn and voyeurism. Nolan, who appeared on Radio Ulster's morning radio show, said, "There was a photograph on the internet, it was widely distributed, and I was talking to a long-time friend and peer outside of work." I am deeply sorry.' On Nolan Live in 2016, Bear and Nolan stripping off.

Boris Johnson's demise was accused of'revelling' by the BBC

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 16, 2023
After the former prime minister's decision to resign as an MP as a result of the Commons privileges committee's findings, one long-serving Tory politician said it was "certain presenters and certain producers" were'very proud' he had gone. Since Mr Johnson was forced out of No. 10, Peter Bone, the MP for Wellingborough, said several people at the corporation had been struggling to'contain their glee,' he said. Presenter Mishal Husain (left) gave a monologue on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Sunday in which she referred to the committee's "complex way" it had approached its task. Mr Johnson had been 'taking a leaf in the eyes of some straight out of Donald Trump's playbook,' according to presenter Victoria Derbyshire (right).'

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Will King Charles wear the Scottish crown during Edinburgh visit?

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 15, 2023
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Will King Charles wear the Scottish crown when he visits Edinburgh in July to receive the Honours of Scotland? The Queen attended the funeral in 1953, but not crowned to discourage talk of a Scottish coronation. This time, with Scotland having its own parliament, the King is under growing pressure to not wear the diadem. Some fear this will fall into nationalist hands, while others believe it will honor Scotland. At least HM is honoring his Scottish roots by wearing a kilt.

The public can apply to be guest editors on Today's programme rather than celebrities, according to BBC Radio 4

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 13, 2023
On BBC Radio 4's Today programme, well-known personalities expressing their opinions as guest editors has become a regular fixture. Now, listeners from around the UK have been invited to celebrate 20 years of guest editors on the flagship program. Bosses are only open to communities or groups' between three and six people, and no radio skills are needed.

SARAH VINE: My parents immigrated from the United Kingdom in the 1970s. We're right where we started 50 years ago

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 13, 2022
Thanks to blanket snow and strikes, Britain has ground to a halt. Schools have closed, stations are deserted, and aeroplanes have been grounded. Who needs Covid when there's Mick Lynch to lock us all down in the name of socialism, mansplaining to Mishal Husain on Radio 4's Today programme and inciting class warfare at every turn? I called my parents in Italy to inform them that the children and I would not be coming for Christmas after all due to the Border Force strikes. It's a shame. My father hasn't been well, and although we aren't particularly sentimental about the holiday season, this year seemed to be a good one. Over the past 18 months, a lot has changed. I've been divorced and moved house, one child has left for college, the other has turned 18. After all, my father, who had always been indestructible, isn't going to be immortal. I just wanted a few days together, but I was starving, bickering, and watching old Monty Python movies. However, it is not to be. If the attacks go on, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has warned of 'undeniable, severe instability,' and has advised those of us planning to travel to reconsider. If I don't move the flights, I'll lose the money, so that's about it.

For ruining Christmas, a tumultuous company has sluggish businessman Mick Lynch

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 13, 2022
With usually packed city centers deserted, bars, bars, and restaurants, millions of people were forced to WFH on the first day of Mick Lynch's crippling Christmas rail strike brought Britain back to the worst days of the coronavirus lockdown, with almost dead city centers deserted, bars, bars, and restaurants dealing another sledgehammer in lost income and millions of people were relocated to WFH. Around half of the UK's rail lines were suspended all day today, with trains in other areas only operating between 7.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m., including much of Scotland and Wales, effectively cut off as 40,000 RMT workers dismantled tools and went on picket lines. Today's strike, the first of a string of walkouts over the Christmas period, including this week and Christmas Eve, packed downtown markets including London, Manchester, and Leeds, although hospitality executives cautioned that the industry will lose £1.5 billion in sales as festive parties were postponed. The scenes are reminiscent of the worst days of pandemic-era shutdowns that stifled the economy and compelled millions of families up and down the country to cancel their Christmas plans.

`ROSS CLARK: Ranting Mick Lynch is the new Scargill - destroying his own members and industry

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 13, 2022
OSS CRARK: When you start accusing Radio 4's Mishal Husain of being a Right-wing stooge, you'll need to question your own convictions about what really is going to be. And, on the Today progamme this morning, RMT general secretary Mick Lynch did exactly what the RMT general secretary Mick Lynch did. Husain asked the RMT general secretary an insignificant question about how much money his workers had sacrificed as a result of this year's strikes, and he was allowed to blurt out how ridiculous he was. Lynch was enraged by the occasion. He refused to answer the question and argued to Husain that it was about time she displayed some "partiality against working-class people." Forget that, as Lynch is well aware, the BBC presenters are legally bound to be impartial under the corporation's charter's terms; they do not necessarily manage. Husain brazenly did his bidding for him.

Mick Lynch, the Network Rail boss and MP, is worried about the eroding of strike support

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 13, 2022
Before another tense discussion with BBC's Mishal Husain, who accused of 'parroting' right-wing 'propaganda,' the union chief (left) clashed with Good Morning Britain's Richard Madeley. Mr Lynch, according to Network Rail CEO Andrew Haines (right), was "sorry" that strikes would not last ten days, but "knows there is no way to do it." The 'heightened degree of violence' from him, he said, was due to a vote that sparked eroding support for the strikes.

After Mick Lynch accuses her of being a 'right-wing parrot,' Britons rally around Mishal Husain's defense

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 13, 2022
After 'boorish and selfish' RMT boss Mick Lynch (right), the British people have flocked to Mishal Husain's (left) defense, they've feared she of 'parroting' right-wing 'propaganda.' After the railway union leader's objections to her line of questioning on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, followers took to Twitter (insets) to rally behind the newsreader for "doing her jobs." During his 'perfectly appropriate interview' with Ms Husain, the listeners suggested that Mr Lynch is not contributing to his union's cause by being "aggressive and bothersome." The tense discussion came as a month of planned walkouts started today, with RMT workers staging their first wave of 48-hour strikes in the UK's cold snap.