describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . now on bbc news: amol rajan interviews: watergate to trump. in every trade, there are certain names that are held up as the gold standard. when i started out in newspapers in fact, for most of the past 50 years there have been two names that stood apart and stood above any others injournalism. bob woodward and carl bernstein were the reporters at the heart of the watergate scandal, and the subsequent fall of president nixon. therefore, i shall- resign the presidency, effective at noon tomorrow. their investigation into the break in at democratic offices has become the stuff of legend. it saw them immortalised by hollywood and set the standard forjournalism for decades to come. at one point, i suddenly wondered how high up this thing goes,
have that look on your face, you did. tonight he asked me to keep it short and even offered me ten bucks if i keep it under ten minutes. that is a switch. the president being offered cash money. cash money. let me conclude on a genuinely serious note. he let me conclude on a genuinely serious note. he was let me conclude on a genuinely serious note. he was born let me conclude on a genuinely serious note. he was born in birmingham, alabama and it graduated from florida a and m. he started injournalism graduated from florida a and m. he started in journalism after his father roy wood senior who covered the civil rights movement. in black history month, i hosted a screening of the movie till, the story of emmett till and his mother is a story of a family s loss and a nation reckoning with hate and violence and abuse of power. a
independent and yesteryears to bring a million people onto the street, to look at whether we should or should not be leaving europe. the power and potency of the independent, the fact that we ve got eight bureaus around the globe, the fact that we invest in journalism, the globe, the fact that we invest injournalism, constantly, that is thejourney injournalism, constantly, that is the journey which we are on. and the independent is this, it is independent. we have no one proprietor and that is what people are so proud of. in the staff and our readers around the world. lets turn to imagine our readers around the world. lets turn to imagine the evening standard and you editor of the london evening standard. i was going to ask what was it that first attracted you to the multimillionaire and what attracted them to you, do you think? you like i will tell you how i met which was when i was the editor of
of all, how you began injournalism? i think you come from, i think it is fair to say, a well to do background, yourfamily s fair to say, a well to do background, your family s family were royal courtiers for several generations and your twin sister was princess diana s lady in waiting. i went to an incredible school and began myjournalism, i suppose, at school, this pretentious boy, biting two rock stars, musicians, artists, poets with the hope that i would get a reply back. find poets with the hope that i would get a reply back- poets with the hope that i would get a rel back. i. ., a reply back. and did you? you might use to net a reply back. and did you? you might use to get some a reply back. and did you? you might use to get some replies a reply back. and did you? you might use to get some replies back. - a reply back. and did you? you might use to get some replies back. i - a reply back. and did you? you might use to get some replies back. i set i use to get some replies
the country s biggest titles, the daily mail, the mail on sunday, as well as the evening standard, tatler magazine, and since january here at the independent geordie. geordie greig, welcome to the media show for the first time. nice to be here. thank you for saying yes. and i wondered, first of all, how you began injournalism. i think you come from i think it s fair to say, a well to do background. your father s family were royal courtiers for several generations and your twin sister was lady in waiting to diana, princess of wales. did it come as a surprise to them that you wanted to pursue a career in journalism? you know, i m very, very lucky. i had a very happy childhood. i went to an incredible school and it began myjournalism, i suppose, at school, this pretentious boy writing to rock stars, musicians, artists, poets