198: John Simpson
Blank Podcast with Giles Paley-Phillips & Jim Daly
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Eretula Khomeini's Return to Iran
When Mosul was under the control of ISIS, I wanted to go there and do some filming. The head of news at the time made me swear on my honor that I wouldn't go within five miles or something of Mosul. But he then realized how to do it: You just go where you think is a good place to go. And so, you know, I felt honor was satisfied and broken my word of honor. Well, not exactly. There's must never be any question of forcing people to do something which they don't want. That would be absolutely wrong, it'd be wicked. Journalists feel like they're getting more lives in their hands than ever before but have a duty to
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