Media watch

Controversy was stirred in the media by an ITV programme, 'I Smack and I'm Proud', with Angela, one of the featured mothers, who said 'I rule this house, I'm in control', attracting the most attention in the press. However, it was described as 'a sensible, sober documentary' by The Times, which concluded, 'Seeing an adult strike a child, out of anger and in a moment in which it is they, not their offspring, who seem out of control, was a horrible, violent spectacle and made the argument against smacking all the more convincing.'