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Frontlines of Journalism

9. Who’s in control?

8 May 2023

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The same story can look very different depending on how it’s written and where you get it. Who's in control?

Revisiting some of the most difficult stories he’s reported on, BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen looks at some of the obstacles that stand between journalists and what Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein called 'the best obtainable version of the truth'.

Jeremy speaks with: broadcaster and former editor of the News of the World, Piers Morgan; Emily Bell - Professor at Columbia University School of Journalism, journalist and environmentalist George Monbiot, former Reuters journalist Sabina Cosic, CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour, and Dean Baquet - until 2022 the executive editor of the New York Times.

Presenter: Jeremy Bowen

Producer: Georgia Catt

Assistant Producer: Sam Peach

Additional research: Rob Byrne

Series mixing: Jackie Margerum

Series Editor: Philip Sellars