Good journalism and a political respite

Political respite.

The words ‘respected’ and ‘journalist’ used to go together like a horse and carriage, but times have sadly changed. Too many of today’s ‘journalists’ have become mere stenographers to power, as we saw in the Iraq War, when false government claims that Iraq possessed WMDs went virtually unchallenged. So, just what does it take to be a good journalist; honesty, fairness, objectivity? We invited the respected journalist Peter Oborne into the Sputnik studio to help us find out.

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