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News Meeting: The Joe Biden problem and should the Post Office scandal be leading the news?
Episode 114

News Meeting: The Joe Biden problem and should the Post Office scandal be leading the news?

James Harding and the Tortoise team are back with the first regular episode of 2024.

The News Meeting · The Observer

January 8, 202441m 13s

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Show Notes

What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding.


In this episode he’s joined by deputy editor Giles Whittell, reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou and Katy Searle, former executive editor of BBC Westminster.


They discuss whether the Post Office scandal should be leading the news after an ITV drama put it back in the headlines, whether Joe Biden should be the Democratic presidential candidate and a senior police leader who says policing is ‘institutionally racist’.


What do you think should lead the news? Email your stories to [email protected].


The producer was Imy Harper and the executive producer was Lewis Vickers.


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