gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left as a full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in your final year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i think you were quite clear at that point that you wanted to be a columnist. why? because i had been very politically involved and my entry into writing was partly because i d studied languages and studied to be an interpreter and i like to manipulate words, but it was also because i had been very involved politically, almost precociously, and that i thought
with their radical ideology are successful and build a nuclear bomb, the united states, israel, the entire middle east, all of our allies, we are all in deep trouble. we ll have a lot more in the straight ahead tonight but we also begin with this fox news alert. the house select committee on china, they are now in session tonight. needless to say their work has never been more important with democrats in charge, there were no hearings whatsoever. no investigations, no scrutiny into china s malicious behavior. this committee didn t even exist but thankfully elections mattering are for the first time in many years, the malignant communist party of china is under a microscope and hopefully there will be consequences. take a look. we may call this a strategic competition but it s not polite tennis match. this is an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century. the most fundamental freedoms are at stake. the ccp is laser focused on its vision for the fu
by the european union intended to normalise relations with kosovo. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the media show: writing a first draught of history. my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time. gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered much else too gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left as a full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study
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the coast opposite taiwan, following president tsai ing wen s trip to the united states. beijing warned the island against what it called taiwanese separatists in collusion with external forces. and, buckingham palace has invited more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk to attend the coronation of king charles, which will take place on the sixth you re watching bbc news. now it s time for: the media show: china and the information war. hello. welcome to this latest edition of the media show. and we re going to spend the programme talking about china s media strategy, because i m sure you ve seen tiktok s been in the news. its ceo was up in front of us lawmakers a couple of weeks back, taking lots of questions about whether tiktok, which is owned by a chinese company, potentially poses a security threat to the us. now, tiktok absolutely denies that. chinese state spokespeople have been saying they deny that, too, but it s raised broader questions