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Re: newsnight inaccuracies



Well actually, then Ill add my voice and say that they really are terrible
with dealing with such complaints. I have as yet also not received any form
of reply to a complaint I made last year as well.
Why not write to points of view, as it seems , that from three different
accounts that the Newsnight program producers/team do not really do very
much about personal letters of complaint sent to them?


----- Original Message -----
From: Voices uk <voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 3:59 PM
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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