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Clive Myrie - anchorman for BBC News What's on the menu Clive? As a news addict, this is something that I often think about. Blink and you might miss it - the ebb and flow of the news agenda. Sometimes the news spotlight shines upon an issue night after night and you just cannot get away from it. Then, even though the original issue is by no means resolved, that spotlight swings elsewhere until it becomes very easy to forget about the first focus. To a large extent, assuming there's no political interference, this is all about decision making in the conference rooms of news services. Why don't we hear about Syria any more - the strife between the ruling forces of Bashar al-Assad and the various rebel groups that oppose him? This civil war has been going on since 2011. Half a million people have been killed and more than 14 million have fled their homes. What's the state of play right now? News services have decided not to tell us any more. It's off the playlis...