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[[Mike Nolan]] is 'a former deputy head of Sky News and former senior foreign editor at ITN' and was the editor of [[British Satellite News]], a [[Foreign Office]] funded propaganda outlet in 2006.<ref>Mike Nolan [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1716498,00.html Response: We do not spout propaganda - we report news] Yes, we are a government funded broadcaster, but that does not influence our journalism,''The Guardian'' Friday February 24, 2006.</ref> | [[Mike Nolan]] is 'a former deputy head of Sky News and former senior foreign editor at ITN' and was the editor of [[British Satellite News]], a [[Foreign Office]] funded propaganda outlet in 2006.<ref>Mike Nolan [http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1716498,00.html Response: We do not spout propaganda - we report news] Yes, we are a government funded broadcaster, but that does not influence our journalism,''The Guardian'' Friday February 24, 2006.</ref> | ||
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| + | While at ITN in 1992 Nolan accompanied two injured ITN reportes back from Sarajevo:<ref>MARY BRAID Injured [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/injured-itn-cameramen-bring-serbian-surgeon-back-to-uk-1541789.html ITN cameramen bring Serbian surgeon back to UK] Saturday, 22 August 1992, First Edition</ref> | ||
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| + | :A SERBIAN surgeon escaped from Sarajevo to Britain yesterday with two injured ITN newsmen whose wounds he had treated. Dr Milomir Ninkovic arrived at Heathrow airport from Zagreb on a private plane chartered by ITN to bring home its cameramen Nigel Thomson and Jim Dutton... Yesterday Mike Nolan, ITN's senior foreign editor, who arrived at Heathrow with the men, would not give details about their escape. He said there was nothing illegal in bringing the doctor into Britain. Dr Ninkovic would only stay the weekend and then travel to Innsbruck to meet up with his family and take up a new surgeon's post. | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
Revision as of 19:48, 25 February 2010
Mike Nolan is 'a former deputy head of Sky News and former senior foreign editor at ITN' and was the editor of British Satellite News, a Foreign Office funded propaganda outlet in 2006.[1]
ITN
While at ITN in 1992 Nolan accompanied two injured ITN reportes back from Sarajevo:[2]
- A SERBIAN surgeon escaped from Sarajevo to Britain yesterday with two injured ITN newsmen whose wounds he had treated. Dr Milomir Ninkovic arrived at Heathrow airport from Zagreb on a private plane chartered by ITN to bring home its cameramen Nigel Thomson and Jim Dutton... Yesterday Mike Nolan, ITN's senior foreign editor, who arrived at Heathrow with the men, would not give details about their escape. He said there was nothing illegal in bringing the doctor into Britain. Dr Ninkovic would only stay the weekend and then travel to Innsbruck to meet up with his family and take up a new surgeon's post.
Resources
- Terms of Service agreement between World Television and the Foreign Office to provide British Satellite News. Released under the Freedom of Information Act
- David Miller, The British Government's global fake news network, Spinwatch, 15 February 2006
- David Miller The propaganda we pass off as news around the world A British government-funded fake TV news service allows mild criticism of the US - all the better to support it, The Guardian, Wednesday February 15, 2006.
- Mike Nolan Response: We do not spout propaganda - we report news Yes, we are a government funded broadcaster, but that does not influence our journalism,The Guardian Friday February 24, 2006.
Notes
- ↑ Mike Nolan Response: We do not spout propaganda - we report news Yes, we are a government funded broadcaster, but that does not influence our journalism,The Guardian Friday February 24, 2006.
- ↑ MARY BRAID Injured ITN cameramen bring Serbian surgeon back to UK Saturday, 22 August 1992, First Edition
