“On all that I have seen, Bowen’s reporting from the Middle East has been informed and scrupulous. The judgement against him is an unwarranted slur on his professionalism and a threat to the notion of objective journalism.”
I kid you not. This is Oliver Kamm on Bowen, whose coverage of Israel is, apparently, informed, scrupulous, professional and objective.
What an extraordinary post!
Be active. If you like this post, please click below to show your support.
And Kamm reckons he’s a friend of Israel?
More likely he’s a friend of Bowen and protecting his buddy from richly-deserved, long-time-coming criticism.
Journos, huh? What a shower. (No offence, Chas.)
I’m very surprised at Kamm. Thanks for the heads up
I think he’s wrong and I have commented to that effect below his article. He is a true liberal (in the Scottish Enlightenment rather than the French tradition) but on this occasion his wholly laudable liberal instinct has got in the way of the facts.
I was surprised too because Kamm is so often spot on.
Kamm is not spot-on there. How blind can someone be?