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This may or may not have any bearing on it, but Mark Urban has written at
least one book on the UK 'Intelligence' services (ie MI6, who report to . .
. the
Foreign Office), revealing previously unreleased information.
Staying in with the state is one good way of making sure that the
leaks keep coming. Given the revolving career door linking many 'defence'
correspondents, the state, and the defence industry, maybe this link
shoudn't
surprise us overly.
yours cynically
Chris Williams
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> From: Voices uk [SMTP:voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 3:59 PM
> To: soc-casi-discuss
> Subject: newsnight inaccuracies
>
> 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.
>
> Andrea Needham
> voices in the wilderness
>
>
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