Month: April 2008

A Vain Search For Principle In a BBC interview in 1996, Andrew Marr, then of the Independent, described the ’spectrum’ of media available to the British public: “We have a press which has, it seems →

An Exchange With The BBC’s Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen The media reported last week that at least 22 people, including five Palestinian children, had been killed during Israeli ‘incursions’ into Gaza. The Israeli military →

An Exchange With The Independent’s John Rentoul In the wake of the July 7, 2005 London bombings, the Independent’s John Rentoul commented: “A Muslim friend of mine in the East End of London says that →

On March 22, an Economist magazine editorial described the recent violence in Tibet as a “colonial uprising”, a “revolt” against foreign occupation. This was accurate, as was the implication that China has no legitimate claims →