[JNV update] New Anti-War Briefings & Resources

[JNV]

Dear all,
Just a quick note to let you know that there are 2
new JNV Anti-War Briefings up on the site: 'BBC RIP?'
and 'GILLIGAN 6:07' - extracts and links below.

JNV have also produced a 'HUTTON WHITEWASH'
badge. Check the JNV home page for a picture of
the badge. http://www.j-n-v.org Email us if you
would like to order some badges (£2.50 for 10
badges including p+p). 

Another new campaign resource hot off the press
is the 'Iraq: Democracy Now' postcard to Tony Blair,
asserting the right of the Iraqi people to elect their
own government. Visit the JNV home page to view
the postcard. http://www.j-n-v.org

Wishing you all a happy and peaceful Valentines Day,

Ro
JNV

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JNV Anti-War Briefing 54
BBC RIP?
The British Mass Media After The Hutton Report 
(Release date: 5 February 2004)

DECAPITATING THE BBC?
After Lord Hutton's criticisms of the performance of
Andrew Gilligan, the Today programme, and the BBC,
in the events leading up to the death of Dr David Kelly,
the Director-General and the Chair of the BBC were both
forced to resign, and the corporation has had to delay
the publication of a key policy document defending the
broadcaster's 10-year royal charter, its licence fee funding
formula, and public service remit. (FT, 4 Feb. 2004, p. 3)
'One BBC journalist, looking around at his battered colleagues
busy smearing themselves in ashes, said to me: "RIP the BBC".'
(Alice Thomson, Telegraph, 30 Jan., p. 28)...

Read the whole briefing:
http://www.j-n-v.org/AW_briefings/JNV_briefing054.htm
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Anti-War Briefing 55: 'GILLIGAN 6:07'
Dr Kelly Was Not The Only Source For The Story
(Release date: 5 February 2004)

THE CHARGE AGAINST GILLIGAN... AND HIS EDITORS
Peter Preston, former editor of the Guardian, writes, 'Of course
the BBC got it wrong. Gilligan, those little demons driving him on,
blathered an allegation too far.' But, 'this was one lone - and
now unemployed - guy, out of nearly 4,000 BBC news division
employees, talking off the cuff, letting a single sharp sliver of
fact slide out of place on a bleary dawn when his editor was off
duty, attending a wedding.' (Observer, 1 Feb., p. 21)...

Read the whole briefing:
http://www.j-n-v.org/AW_briefings/JNV_briefing055.htm
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