Tuesday, July 30, 2013

High

The Editors (on BBC1 and "BBC World News, available in 200 countries and territories worldwide, and on selected British Airways flights") has given John Simpson a berth he seems happy with. Last night he was in Beijing, for an interview with the Chinese Foreign Minister. Eight minutes lead item - not unreasonable, out of 29 minutes total. Conclusion - China wants to realise the "Chinese dream", through a "win win" relationship
with the West. The regular demonstration of John's erudition was there - notebook shots are house-style.

And how many of those notes end up in British Airways Highlife magazine? This month's column from John devotes 765 words out of 996 to the difficulties of - filming an introduction to "The Editors" in Washington.

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