[Media-watch] Fwd: Excellent interview.

[John Rooney]

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> From: John Rooney <john.rooney at zen.co.uk>
> Date: Sun Apr 6, 2003  4:45:35  pm Europe/London
> To: John.Humphrys at bbc.co.uk
> Subject: Excellent interview.
>
> Hi
>
> On Friday morning I heard your interview with Geoff Hoon
> discussing cluster bombs.
>
> It was a pleasure to hear an interviewer forcing the human
> issues of war. Geoff Hoon was clearly struggling to answer,
> a sign of the fact he normally goes totally unchallenged no
> matter what he says.
>
> The human cost of war gets very little coverage from western
> media. This is high lighted by the fact that the UK mainstream
> media refuse to show what it is like to be on the receiving
> end. Al-Jazeeera (with all its BBC connections) however do
> show these images.  It is interesting to note that when the UK
> media covers incidents such as the Bali bombing, the twin towers,
> various IRA bombings and other "terrorist" bombings, that they
> are always prepared to show "unsuitable" images {normally
> preceded by a viewer warning}.
>
> Judging by your interview on Friday I guess you are not going to
> compromise and sanitize war.  I wonder whether you could
> use your influence to persuade some of your colleagues of the
> drastic need to show war for what it is.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read this email.
>
> John Rooney
Okay Dude. Til later ...

John Rooney
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