09/05/2009

With the Tamil Tiger forces seemingly on the verge of defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankan government, a great deal of recent media attention has been focused there. But did a rebel spokesperson really succeed in giving an interview to the World Service via Skype, even though he was under fire and telephone lines were down? A news editor answers a listener's suspicions.

Also this week, did the media go overboard in marking the 100th day of Barack Obama's presidency? Rajan Datar discusses this with the editor of the BBC Washington Bureau.