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Sarah Smith
The excellent Sarah Smith is off to Washington DC as Channel 4 News correspondent. She’ll leave an interesting presenter vacancy at More4 News.
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Iraq
To an event on academic freedom in Iraq. An Iraqi psychiatrist gives a heartrending account of the deaths of colleagues and their families and kids. We have several Iraqi students. One of our doctoral candidates made this film for Britain’s Channel 4. You can see a clip here.
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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…