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Media workers were outraged yesterday after BBC journalists were invited to Qatar by the prime minister only to be snatched off the streets for “trespassing.”
BBC Middle East business correspondent Mark Lobel was in Doha in early May to see new flagship accommodation for low-paid migrant workers but was then arrested — along with the cameraman, translator and driver — and then interrogated.
Lobel said he was told he wouldn’t be allowed a phone call and that they were being held as a matter of national security.
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
The fallout from the Kneecap and Bob Vylan performances at Glastonbury raises questions about the suitability of senior BBC management for their roles, says STEPHEN ARNELL
