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...pleased that columnist Joe Klein mentioned BBC interviewer Jeremy Paxman in his article on Tony Blair's election campaign [May 2]. Paxman's pointed questioning of Blair about the Iraq war is exactly the kind of journalism that politicians hate: relentless pressure for direct answers. Over the years several interviewees have actually walked out of sessions because of Paxman's rigorous approach--the kind of tough-style journalism that the U.S. media need to adopt. They are far too deferential to U.S. politicians and let them get away with misleading answers. It would be a joy to see Paxman grill...
Seated under U.K. flags and banners, the audience alternated between cheers and boos as the future members of Parliament appeared on BBC to deliver their victory speeches...
...interview, a BBC journalist was asked how she would explain a U.K. general election to those who weren’t familiar with the process...
Originally a radio play, “Hitchhiker’s” then moved on to become an increasingly inaccurately named trilogy of five novels, a BBC television series, and, most recently, a feature film. What the radio play and books had in common, and what the movie lacks, is a heavy emphasis on brilliantly witty dialogue and narration. As a result of this work’s adaptation to film—a visual medium—the ingeniously witty dialogue and narration necessarily move out of the spotlight in order to share the stage with the element...
...while playing host to Lien and Soong, Hu undoubtedly kept an eye on CNN and the BBC to see the kind of ruckus the visits are creating for Chen and the KMT at home. "Taiwan has always been divided over the issue of how to deal with China," says Joseph Wu, chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan's top policymaking body on mainland issues. "China knows this. In [inviting Lien to China], it creates internal problems." Professor Lee Si-kuen, a professor of political science at National Taiwan University (and a KMT member), calls Lien's trip "the wrong...