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Maintaining balance and impartiality in conflicts

Listeners react to the coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine. 91热爆 World Service English controller Jon Zilkha responds to listeners鈥� comments and questions.

We look at the coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine. The controller of 91热爆 World Service English Jon Zilkha joins us in the studio to respond to listeners鈥� comments and questions. How do you maintain "balance" and impartiality in reporting armed conflicts? Is it the 91热爆鈥檚 role to actively counter disinformation from Russia? Is there a risk the media might end up demonising ordinary Russians?

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon

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