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Maintaining balance and impartiality in conflicts
Listeners react to the coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine. ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service English controller Jon Zilkha responds to listeners’ comments and questions.
We look at the coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine. The controller of ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service English Jon Zilkha joins us in the studio to respond to listeners’ comments and questions. How do you maintain "balance" and impartiality in reporting armed conflicts? Is it the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s role to actively counter disinformation from Russia? Is there a risk the media might end up demonising ordinary Russians?
Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
Last on
Sun 6 Mar 2022
23:50GMT
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- Sat 5 Mar 2022 05:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service
- Sat 5 Mar 2022 09:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Australasia, Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview & News Internet only
- Sat 5 Mar 2022 22:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Sun 6 Mar 2022 00:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Online, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
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