Jonathan Ross is seen for the first time since saying he was 'genuinely unaware of the conduct' of his friends David Walliams and Russell Brand
- Newsrooms
- 4
- Last 3 hours
- 1 report
- Momentum
- Steady
Reports per hour, last 24 hours
How the coverage splits
Where it’s heading
Probably peaked. Likely 4 to 5 newsrooms by 9:40am AEDT. Calls like this were right 92% of the time. How we knowAgainst the past week
More newsrooms than 76% of the past week’s 3760 stories, and number 65 of 450 in Film & TV.Part of a bigger story
David Walliams: 6 developments since Sat 7 Nov.
1File photo: Jonathan Ross
The TV presenter says he was once "friendly" with David Walliams and Russell Brand, but was "genuinely unaware" of their conduct.
Daily Mail didn’t include a summary, so this is BBC News’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Stephen Ross is an English broadcaster, television personality, comedian, and writer. He has presented television comedy chat shows including the BBC's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001–2010) and ITV's The Jonathan Ross Show (2011–present). For the BBC show, he won three British Academy Television Awards for Best Entertainment Performance. Ross hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio 2 from 1999 to 2010.4
The bigger story: David Walliams
6 developments since Sat 7 Nov. 3 more since this one.
- Why Walliams' unprecedented legal battle to stay anonymous failed
1 newsroom. Linked by Walliams, anonymous, fail
Inside Jonathan Ross's 'friendship' with David Walliams and rapist Russell Brand as he releases statement saying he was 'genuinely unaware of their conduct'
You’re here4 newsrooms. Linked by Jonathan Ross, Walliams, horrified, allegations
- Whistleblower speaks out despite fears she will be viewed as a troublemaker over David Walliams allegations
1 newsroom. Linked by David Walliams, speak, allegations
- David Walliams sexual misconduct allegations spark calls for better safeguarding
1 newsroom. Linked by David Walliams, sexual, misconduct, allegations
- Jonathan Ross ‘horrified’ by allegations about David Walliams and Russell Brand
1 newsroom. Linked by Jonathan Ross, David Walliams, horrified, allegations
The story so far
4 newsrooms- Reports
- 4
- Newsrooms and sources
- 4
- Last 3 hours
- 1
First with it: BBC News, 3 hr 22 min before anyone else.
Reported by 4 newsrooms.
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
How it spread
Newsrooms reporting it, each counted at its first report.
- Newsrooms
- 4
- Over
- 10.9 hr
- To three newsrooms
- 9 hr
| Time | Newsroom | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2:13pm AEDT | BBC News | 1 |
| 5:35pm AEDT | Evening Standard | 2 |
| 11:11pm AEDT | Daily Express | 3 |
| 1:07am AEDT | Daily Mail | 4 |
Bigger than 96% of Film & TV stories this week. Reached three newsrooms in 9 hr; a typical Film & TV story that gets there takes 5.8 hr.
Where it’s heading
Probably peakedStories in this position rarely added another newsroom from here.
Likely 4 to 5 newsrooms by 9:40am AEDT (4 most likely), and 4 to 5 by Fri, 13 Nov, 3:40am AEDT. 4 now.
| When | Likely range | Most likely |
|---|---|---|
| Now | 4 | 4 |
| In 1 hours (4:40am AEDT) | 4 to 4 | 4 |
| In 3 hours (6:40am AEDT) | 4 to 4 | 4 |
| In 6 hours (9:40am AEDT) | 4 to 5 | 4 |
| In 12 hours (3:40pm AEDT) | 4 to 5 | 4 |
| In 24 hours (3:40am AEDT) | 4 to 5 | 4 |



