Brand, Ross and BBC view not shared everywhere, says POLIS director

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Reports of the Brand, Ross and the BBC case have raised some interesting questions for journalists, Charlie Beckett , the director of media thinktank POLIS, has told Journalism.co.uk.

While Beckett stressed that he did not condone the actions of Brand and Ross, he said some alternative views on the situation were being under-reported in the 'mainstream media', citing that there had been support for Brand and Ross in some Radio1 forums.

Teenagers, he said, were talking about the story in different ways, a point he made on his blog this morning.

"Good journalists will point that [alternative view] out," he said.

He added that the BBC's own coverage of the event 'has been really rather good,' and journalists have not shied away from being critical.

"I do get a sense of the journalists saying 'you [comedians] don't have a sense of responsibility' (…) and they're giving the comedians a bit of a hard time," he added.

Beckett was talking to Journalism.co.uk about his views on 'trust in the internet' , which he explores in a new collaborative book on trust in the media.