[interestednovice]

Fundamentally, the expectation is that every edition of Newsnight carries a paper preview, but it exists as a 'buffer' feature whose length or appearance depends on how long is left on the programme - hence why it can vary from a short discussion to merely a hurried read out of a few headlines to not appearing at all. Often, whether there is time to include it is not decided until during the programme, so long after the trailer has aired anyway.

Also, there is an expectation with these kinds of things that the audience is well aware that news programming is subject to change at short notice. I don't view it as any more breaking a promise than when News 24 advertised Headlines, Business and Sport at certain times of the hour, yet often delayed or even dropped segments depending on developments.

They really need to re-evaluate this in my view.

Newsnight now airs on the BBC News channel, at the time when The Papers used to be on. The Papers did often get a decent audience, so people are clearly interested in (even a brief) paper reviews. It really ought to always get a quick 5 minutes at the end of Newsnight.