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Reporting the Middle East

What listeners thought of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service's reports on the events in the Middle East. We ask the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s director of news content about the use of language.

The past week’s 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service has reported the deadly events. We ask the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s 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 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service

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9 minutes

Last on

Mon 16 Oct 2023 02:50GMT

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  • Mon 16 Oct 2023 02:50GMT

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