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Vindication – A Statue Falls

Journalists Reveal Their True Colours On April 9, a US tank recovery vehicle tightened a metal rope and a statue of Saddam Hussein came crashing down in central Baghdad. The event was celebrated by “dozens”

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Why Even Talk About It? – Part 2

Exchange With George Entwistle, Editor, BBC’s Newsnight In researching our latest New Statesman article (April 7, 2003), David Edwards interviewed George Entwistle (March 31, 2003), editor of the BBC’s flagship current affairs programme, Newsnight. Part

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Why Even Talk About It – Part 1

The Al-Shula Bombing And An Exchange With The BBCs Newsnight Editor “Isn’t it in fact true that America, by dint of the very accuracy of the weapons we’ve seen, is the only potential world policeman?”