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Al Jazeera’s return to Saudi Arabia
Back in October, I pointed to this post, suggesting that the following deal might be under way between KSA and Qatar: Saudi Arabia would return its ambassador to Qatar. There has been no Saudi envoy in Doha since he was recalled in 2002. Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz would attend the Gulf Cooperation Council…
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Policy Exchange vs. Newsnight
Do you remember when leftist extremism was going to bring Britain to its knees? Soviet money funnelled in to support pro-Russian groups. Revolutionary Communists fought Socialist Workers. Trotskyists vied with Euro-Communists. Trades Unions were being over run by capitalist-haters who wanted to invite the Red Army to park its T-72s in Parliament Square. Now Islamism…
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Great moments in broadcasting: Led Zeppelin on BBC News in 1970
Led Zeppelin’s first ever appearance on BBC local news for London, from 1970. TV gold – Robert Plant, John Bonham and…BBC newsman Bob Wellings. Note: This post is part of a new ‘blog carnival’ idea a bunch of us are trying out. You can read more about the celebration of journalism blogs and check out…
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Is quitting Reuters hurting CNN?
On the one hand, they’re putting money into aggressive expansion of the newsgathering base (good strategic move), on the other – people are starting to notice their exposure. Take this from Follow The Media: It was 1100 CET (0500EST) and having heard on the radio of bombings in Algiers FTM switched on CNN International to…