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Mark Thompson on his new book 'Enough Said'

Mark Thompson's time as Director-General of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ coincided with some of the corporation's most turbulent times, the worst of which was of course the Jimmy Savile scandal.

After eight years at the top of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, he was appointed CEO of The New York Times and has been living in the US ever since.

He met Andrew Marr to discuss his new book, "Enough Said".

In it, Mark Thompson claims that language is central to everything that's going wrong in modern politics.

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The Andrew Marr Show11/09/2016

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