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Reporting the Middle East

What listeners thought of the 大象传媒 World Service's reports on the events in the Middle East. We ask the 大象传媒鈥檚 director of news content about the use of language.

The past week鈥檚 unprecedented violence between the militant group Hamas and Israel have once again thrown the spotlight on the difficulties and challenges of reporting on the Middle East.

Listeners share their thoughts on how the 大象传媒 World Service has reported the deadly events. We ask the 大象传媒鈥檚 director of news content, Richard Burgess, about the use of language and the pressures news programmes face in handling a fast-moving story.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon.
A Whistledown production for the 大象传媒 World Service

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9 minutes

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Mon 16 Oct 2023 02:50GMT
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