adrian monck

Month: October 2006

  • Stephen Grey’s Ghost Plane

    My friend Stephen Grey (interest declared) has just produced a superb account of the CIA’s ‘extraordinary rendition’ programme. It’s called GHOST PLANE The Inside Story of the CIA’s Secret Rendition Programme, and it’s out today. Some reviews: ‘An explosive new book provides a rare glimpse into the full extent of the Agency’s controversial terror renditions…

  • The World Tonight

    Look out for Adam Holloway MP who visited Afghanistan recently, and City’s own Professor Stewart Purvis – former ITN CEO – talking about ITN and the MoD on BBC Radio 4’s World Tonight at 22:00 UK time. You can listen online.

  • Tali Telly Ban

    Ok, apologies for the dreadful headline. Reporting both sides in a conflict does seem to invite political criticism, as CNN has discovered. Here’s the BBC attracting flak from the Conservative Party’s defence spokesman, Liam Fox. He said: “I am disgusted that the BBC should broadcast an interview with a Taliban ‘adviser’ while our troops are…

  • MoD Dir of News email to ITV News execs

    Because The Times doesn’t seem to have reproduced James Clark’s email in full from their print edition, here it is: All I’ve just watched two bulletins on hospital care tonight on ITV News. As bad a hatchet-job as I’ve seen in years. Cheap shots all over the place, no context, no reasonable explanation. Like the…