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BBC NEWS The Editors Craig Oliver The Ten O'Clock News Editor gives clear, accessible commentary on journalistic issues. Recent entries have raised issues relating to the news provider-news consumer relationship, a seemingly prevalent theme of the Online Journalism course.

From Oliver's comments, it seems the BBC Ten O'Clock News is embracing the ideas that this relationship should be about conversation rather than lecture, allowing the audience to reach their own conclusions, and that the modern news 'provider' is more like a 'facilitator'.