A Tweet by James O’Brien prompted me to compare his work in interviewing Roland Adjovi for BBC ‘Newsnight’ to others who did the same. I invite you to compare and contrast the interviews and ask yourself, who informs through journalism and who propagandises. With reference to his tweet (see below) perhaps Mr O’Brien is more Russian than the Russians if we judge his propagandist performance at the BBC to the Ruptly (RT) interview below. Or perhaps he is simply…from Mars! 🙂
Professor Roland Adjovi on UN panel’s decision on Assange
Interview by Mike Walter from CCTV America:
Interview by James O’Brien of BBC Newsnight:
Interview by Ruptly:
Interview by United Nations Radio:
UN body says Wikileaks founder should be allowed to go free
The tweet in question:

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[…] the Julian Assange case the BBC has exhibited bias when covering events. For example the 2016 Newsnight interview of James O’Brien with Professor Roland Adjovi of UNWGAD when the United Nations body published its legal opinion that Julian Assange has been arbitrarily […]