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Comment on Justin Webb by Donald J. Sepanek

Donald J. Sepanek — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:50:18 +0000

Sounds like an interesting read.

Comment on The writing group by David Armitage

David Armitage — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:24:46 +0000

Hi,

I met you at the BBC book club and you mentioned this class. What time does this class start and would I be able to join?

God Bless

David Armitage

Comment on Mark Tully by Seamus Rafferty

Seamus Rafferty — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:55:49 +0000

Malachi, I have attended several of the B.B.C. Bookclub meetings and I spoke to you on the day Sir Mark Tully was interviewed in the Blackstaff Building in Belfast. You asked me to suggest a book for the next book club meeting. Watching the Door by Kevin Myres is my choice.

Seamus Rafferty

Comment on Mark Tully by POTD – Sir Mark Tully « Slugger O'Toole

POTD – Sir Mark Tully « Slugger O'Toole — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:02:04 +0000

[...] of India. You can listen to the full interview with the former Bureau Chief of the BBC in New Delhi here Tags: "The voice of India", BBC Blackstaff House, Belfast, Malachi O'Doherty, Northern Ireland, [...]

Comment on Robert Peston by “I think there has been a desire not to delve into anything that upsets the current status quo in Northern Ireland” « Slugger O'Toole

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:02:16 +0000

[...] afternoon, it was the timely turn of Robert Peston. But last week, Malachi cosied up to Suzanne Breen, who until its recent demise was the Northern [...]

Comment on In Conversation …with Suzanne Breen by Marty McGartland

Marty McGartland — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:11:49 +0000

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Suz Breen, Penfold looks like something from Ashes to Ashes in that photo.

Comment on In Conversation …with Suzanne Breen by “I think there has been a desire not to delve into anything that upsets the current status quo in Northern Ireland” « Slugger O'Toole

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:30:18 +0000

[...] afternoon, it was the timely turn of Robert Peston. But last week, Malachi cosied up to Suzanne Breen, who until its recent demise was the Northern editor for the Sunday Tribune. Their hour long [...]

Comment on Journalist or Jester by Resident

Resident — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:12:07 +0000

It’s a good question. I think a news reporter should always be detached from the events being covered. It would be shocking, for instance, to see a journalist in a press box applauding a speech at a political party conference.
On the other hand, you do get attached to the people you work through as contacts and come to like them and even be invited to their homes. If I was reporting from Benghazi, could I really be indifferent to whether the city was attacked and the people I was with killed? Was it Churchill who said there is no objectivity between the fireman and the fire?
I think we have to be conscious that our objectivity is a conceit and a valuable one. But in many ways iot boils down to protocol rather than conviction or actual detachment.

Comment on Journalist or Jester by Trevor Magee

Trevor Magee — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:19:09 +0000

Malachi,
Like Max Boyce used to say ” I was there”
One question that I was not brave enough to ask the other night, Does being a journalist mean that you are forever the observer and never the participant in the worlds you write and speak about? More than just a yes or no answer, can you comment?
Thanks

Comment on The Secular and Liberal BBC by Lindsay Allen

Lindsay Allen — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:34:38 +0000

Excellent Malachi, I had hoped to get to the event but something came up at the last moment. Thanks for posting this.