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Maintaining balance and impartiality in conflicts

Listeners react to the coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’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

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Sun 6 Mar 2022 23:50GMT

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