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The undeserved and the under-served…
According to Broadcast, BBC News boss Peter Horrocks (seen left, smiling – unnervingly) is calling for: “radical” overhaul of the traditional notions of impartiality and believes the corporation should be seeking more interviews with organisations such as the Taliban and the BNP. Why not just organize a debate between them in southern Afghanistan and supply…
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Stephen Grey’s Ghost Plane
For those of you following the rendition story, [Guardian] Stephen Grey who has worked so hard to bring the story to international attention, has posted some interesting new material today on his site, www.ghostplane.net. He’s posted all available flight logs of the CIA’s alleged fleet of aircraft. Compiled from aviation sources it is a searchable…
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Grade news at 10.30pm
Melvyn Bragg rather outshone and outluvvied ITV News business editor Mark Eddo at 10.30pm. Eddo didn’t mention the line from Grade about looking at the news: I think news is very very important for a big network. And it is very interesting that in the competitive situation in America, although they’ve cut back the investment…
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Sponsored news
Next week sees NBC News getting sponsored by Philips. The sponsorship will give them extra programme time. Wow…Ofcom take note.