Neil Arun didn’t want to miss a rare but risky opportunity to embed with an Iraqi police unit, hunting members of al Qaeda. But his employers -- responsible for Neil’s security -- weren’t happy. This film by Richard Pendry nvestigates how a frontline journalist balances risk and reward.
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To draw one obvious topical comparison, Chris Huhne resigned not because he was found guilty of an offence, but simply because the CPS are taking charges against him to court. You know, court, that place where charges are fairly judged, before which they are to be treated as simply allegations?
He clearly faced pressure to step down before even getting a chance to fight charges fairly, which is seemingly a privilege that only those not in the public eye enjoy.
Much like Terry, he too has been found guilty by allegation alone, punished not by due process, but by the demands of the PR machine surrounding the two fields. It's a little worrying that public opinion has decided to move at a speed faster than cases like this can be fairly judged.
In both cases, the trend of pre-emptive punishment seems a bit Minority Report to me.
Hey, American writers are making a fourth series of 'Arrested Development', which means that they can murder 'Only Fools and Horses' all they want.
Heck, they can take 'Postman Pat', give him a trucker tasche and turn him into a raving hillbilly for all I care! ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT! Woo!
Congratulations Jem!
We moved the one coming up tomorrow, Lizzie.
The TV news days we have coming up are on 8 February and 15 February.
Richard
Hi Richard,
Does that mean the one previously scheduled for two days time is now cancelled? Or are we having three in a row?
Thanks,
Lizzie
Well done to you all! I suggest reading the newspapers, studying the dictionary for spellings and watching the boardroom scenes in The Apprentice to best prep you for interview day!
Good luck guys and girls!
I might get a taxi if anyone wants to come and chip in something for the cost.
Let me know if anyone is interested.
Richard
Does anyone have a spare place in a car going over? I want to film Professor Nutt for the Daily Beast.
Clare, I want to film him.
Is there any way I can squeeze in?
Richard
I have two spares seats if anyone wants to join me, Paul and John?
I talked to Dean yesterday - I'll check it out for the newsday:)
Don't suppose there's any chance of a lift or any kind of Medway to Canterbury transport being provided for the talk? If yes then count me in!
Sorry for the confusion. It is print. I've changed the calendar entries now.
I've got a few story ideas, but need to know if it's radio or print so I can prepare them!
On the calendar it says the newsday is Radio?
Would it work if I posed as a man?
Awesome! =D
I've never wanted to be a man before. Bloody hell.
For an opportunity like that, I'll go through gender surgery.
...as Juvenal, a Roman poet, put it. In translation: who will guard the guards themselves. Or, in this context, if the state regulates the press, who will regulate the state?
People get the point - it is just frustrating. I'm enjoying the irony of it all.
As journalists we should, of course, care deeply about copyright. It is often our friend. We should also care about balance, accuracy and context. SOPA and PIPA may well be flawed pieces of legislation. The US legislative process assumes that bills may be imperfect and that they will be improved during their passage through Congress by active scrutiny and amendment. Our own legislative system makes a similar assumption. The US version appears to be working in this instance; you will note, for example, that the DNS Blocking power has been dropped from both SOPA and PIPA. For a useful bit of context start here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16596577
Wikipedia don't really want to stop users accessing the site, they're just making a statement - which they've done really well. You can also access it through the mobile website or by disabling javascript!
Good video about the legislation here if anyone is interested: http://sopablackout.org/learnmore/
Press ESC before blackout...but you've got to be quick! Use dial-up.