Media Brief
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| 10:28 UK time, Tuesday, 7 December 2010
I'm the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.
Radio 4 presenter James Naughtie has apologised for causing offence live on air by mispronouncing Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's surname. Later Andrew Marr repeated the four-letter expletive on Radio 4's Start the Week programme. "We're not going to repeat it in quite the terms it happened," he told listeners, before doing precisely that, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ reports.
The the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ suffered another embarrassment after a man interviewed on Radio 4's World at One, who claimed to be a Liberal Democrat MP, was revealed to be an imposter.
Simon Cowell hit back at claims Sunday's X Factor result was a fix, dismissing fans' fears of a conspiracy as "nonsense". The angry fans suspected that a 'sing-off' was brought in at the last minute "to ensure headline-grabbing Cher Lloyd, 17, got into the final rather than mumsy Mary Byrne, 51". Cowell tells the paper: "There has always been a sing-off when there are five people left in the competition." Ofcom has had 200 complaints.
A sound artist has won the Turner Prize for the first time, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ reports. Susan Philipsz's sound installation features her singing three versions of a Scottish lament. The Glasgow-born artist, 45, was presented with the £25,000 prize last night at a ceremony at Tate Britain.
Nine days after the Wikileaks website began releasing secret US diplomatic cables, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's newspaper review shows papers say the pressure on its founder Julian Assange is intensifying. The Guardian expects Mr Assange to appear in court in Britain on Tuesday. ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ papers review.
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• ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ | Today presenter James Naughtie slips up on air
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• ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ | Turner Prize: Susan Philipsz wins with Lowlands Away
• ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ | Newspaper review
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