Simon Wilson talked about the United Kingdom’s BBC World News America news coverage in the United States. Topics included the news division’s inner workings, audience; editorial decision-making, funding, staffing and online capacities, coverage of the upcoming U.S. election, and the interests of network viewers outside of the U.S. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
This was the fifth of a five-day “Washington Journal” series on foreign news operations in the United States. The program identification numbers for the other parts are 306872-5 (Al Jazeera English), 306901-6 (Deutsche Welle), 306915-6 (Voice of America), and 306916-5 (China Central Television).