Word: channelling
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...instinct to kick the Establishment is reflected in the lineup of presenters. One of them is Peter Tatchell, 55, a gay activist who twice attempted a citizen's arrest of Robert Mugabe because of Zimbabwe's treatment of homosexuals. In his first appearance on the Internet channel, he lit up the blogosphere by saying that Mugabe's assassination might be justified if political and legal avenues had been exhausted...
Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC's global-news division, says the Internet channel "is forcing mainstream broadcasters to think what we can provide that they can't and to focus on our core values of objectivity and impartiality." That riles the denizens of Doughty Street, who claim the BBC has a liberal bias and are soliciting ideas for a campaign to stop the Beeb's taxpayer-funded subsidy. Not that Doughty Street is opposed to bias. "Do you know the problem with balance?" asks Dale. "It's boring." Quite a few Britons are starting to agree...
...accomplish. Desiree Rodriguez packed for a six-week assignment in London to build up MobiTV's presence in Britain. As a twentysomething new hire who parachuted into business development at a start-up relatively unknown overseas, she half expected to be shown the door at Turner Broadcasting or Channel 4 before getting a word in. But they, like others in Britain, saw the value in getting their programming on the rapidly expanding number of mobile devices...
...reveals streets and sidewalks carpeted in fresh snow, a tableau of tranquillity half a world away from the chaos of Iraq. But inside, the war is never far from his mind. The television set is turned at high volume to a talk show on Baghdadi TV, an Iraqi satellite channel. Only Arabic books line the bookshelves in the living room; Alaa and his roommate, Ali Hamad, an ophthalmologist from Baghdad, barely speak English, let alone the language of the country in which they have sought refuge. As he welcomes a visitor with the typical Iraqi drink of sugared mint...
...proponent of Buddhism free of state control. (An estimated 80% of Vietnam's 84 million people are Buddhist, but after the Vietnam war the Communist Party folded the religion's many sects into one state-controlled church.) Quang Do smuggled his messages to his supporters in Paris who then channel the word back to Vietnam. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times...