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I totally agree. Can we all have Newsnight's address. Hugh. --On Wednesday, February 7, 2001 15:59 +0000 Voices uk <voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > Further to Themos Tsikas's message about the recent newsnight programme on > Iraq, some may remember that Mark Urban did another piece on sanctions for > Newsnight, about this time last year (in fact I think he's done a number > of pieces - he may be the resident Iraq 'expert'). It was riddled with > inaccuracies, most notable of which was Mark Urban's totally baseless > conclusion that the infant mortality rate was higher in the south/centre > than in the north because the Iraqi government was obstructing oil for > food - in fact, it could have been a propaganda film produced for the > Foreign Office, rather than supposedly objective journalism. I wrote to > Newsnight on that occasion, to the editor, whose name now escapes me (Liz > someone?). My letter wasn't even acknowledged, far less answered. I do > think it would be good if as many people as possible contacted Newsnight > and pointed out that Mark Urban's journalism is either appallingly > sloppy, or disgracefully biased. Either way, they should take steps to > ensure he checks his facts in future. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk