John Sweeney: Despite all the media’s faults, we are the goodies — we must not forget that
Top former BBC investigative reporter on helping to convict war criminals, calling out liars and using humor to survive.
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“What is happening inside Kosovo is so cruel it is unspeakable.”
His mother screamed and screamed and screamed — it was piercing. I’ll remember that to my dying day.
To call our politicians liars, I hesitate to do that, because I think it debases the conversation.
I blame Donald Trump. I blame him for the poison that he has created for journalism.
We’ve got to look after each other even more today than ever before, because today is a darker time.
I deliberately learn a whole series of phrases, one of which is, “I speak the language like a Spanish cow!”
Because we told the truth about the Kosovar Albanians doing something wrong, it meant that we were fair.
Jack Butcher
Jack Butcher is K2.0’s former deputy chief editor. He is currently working as a freelance journalist and editor, covering mainly social issues. He has written for a number of international publications, including The Guardian and The Observer newspapers in the UK and Hinterlands magazine in Germany.
This story was originally written in English.