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The Truth is Our Currency
Owen Bennett Jones introduces an archive despatch from 1997 by Martin Bell.
At a time when television news in particular had been focusing on the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, journalism was wrestling with issues like the real meaning of 'objectivity' when reporting on wars, and the limits of neutrality.
Published on Wednesday, 28th December 2011.
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