Urban, one of the top propagandists of our time retiring on his ill gotten gains! Good riddance to the tail popping, prolific masterbater. No doubt he will be spreading his lies in other places, though.
quote: BBC News presenter quits after 35 years with emotional statement.
Editor and presenter of Newsnight Mark Urban has announced he is leaving the BBC after 35 years at the station. BBC star Mark Urban has announced he is quitting the station after 35 years.
Urban, who is the the diplomatic editor of Newsnight and occasional host of the current affairs programme, released a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, telling viewers it was 'time for a change.'
In November it was revealed that Newsnight staff had reacted with dismay to huge changes coming for the flagship news show that will see the running time cut by 30 minutes and staff reduced from 57 to 23 as part of cost cuts.
The BBC announced Newsnight would evolve into a studio-based 'interview, debate and discussion show', dropping investigative films and dedicated reporters.
Posted by Keith-264 on April 14, 2024, 3:53 pm, in reply to "'E's Gorn...."
E's the scoundrel who pimped the memory of his ancestor who was killed near Gaza in the Great War.The last working-class hero in England.
Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016 Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018 Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021
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Posted by Ed on April 14, 2024, 5:27 pm, in reply to "Re: 'E's Gorn...."
I remember his absolutely abysmal "reporting" of the illegal invasion of Iraq when he was embedded with the US military. Kept harping on about the old lies...they were there to keep peace and bring democracy, yadda, yadda, yadda...nearly as bad as Fidler-Simpson.
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Posted by ceemac666 on April 14, 2024, 5:41 pm, in reply to "Re: 'E's Gorn...."
Back to playing with his tank.
... and good bleedin' riddance...
Posted by Mark Doran on April 14, 2024, 5:50 pm, in reply to "'E's Gorn...."
-- A man who spent years supposedly reporting objectively upon the intelligence and military services ... while being entangled with them both as an author and as a toy soldier in the Territorials...
Absolute journalistic cack -- and par for the UK course. If the BBC was a service to the public rather than to the violent state, Urban would have been a tea-boy and Mark Curtis would have had the actual job.
M.
Ex-military. Wrote "Big Boys Rules - The SAS and The Secret Struggle Against the IRA".
Posted by Der on April 14, 2024, 7:37 pm, in reply to "'E's Gorn...."
From the Preface:
"Shortly before this book was published, I was contacted by the Secretary to the D Notice Committee, a semi-official body which liaises between journalists and government departments. His intervention followed expressions of concern from the Army and the Security Service about the possible contents of my book. I agreed to allow them sight of proof copies, which were by that stage circulating among certain journalists. The Secretary asked that changes be made to the book on fifteen separate topics. In only four cases was I satisfied that alterations were required. The Secretary presented new and compelling arguments that these points constituted a real threat to life. I was satisfied that removing them did not diminish in any way the investigation of key issues contained in the book."