Tag: ITN

  • Betrayed? – some thoughts

    Please see an earlier post for discussion of the problems with the MoD’s approach. The title Betrayed? An Investigation comes from a soldier interviewed by ITV News reporter Emma Murphy. Emma’s package features an extended interview with an unidentified wounded soldier. The two quotes from the soldier (reproduced on the ITV News website) explain that…

  • 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.

  • MoD vs. ITV News – controlling access

    There is an interesting problem at the heart of the row between ITV News and the Ministry of Defence. The row arose because the MoD granted ITV News access to see the treatment of wounded service personnel. Rather than giving this an unqualified hoorah, ITV produced some reporting that the MoD’s head of news, James…