the world s leaders, well, most of them, are trying to focus their attention on what can be done to keep the process of global warming down to a level that won t threaten life on our planet. but it is already clear that this won t be nearly enough. there has been an ongoing criticism that the pledges are very high but the steps taken on the ground are not as big. back from the politically dead, but how far might the return of benjamin netanyahu shift israel even more to the right? we have seen a surge in far right support, that is probably enough to keep him in power for a while. and how tainted is the qatar world cup? i think many would wonder, if this is sportswashing, if that is what the motivation is, then it s not working. after the dreadful floods
exactly. 0k. well, and miles, you know, you made this film for documentary, which is on netflix. you were just talking then about the bad press that qatar s getting. do you think that, in fact, shows that sportswashing as a concept isn t actually a very workable thing? i think it shows thatl sportswashing is still a strategy that people gravitate towards. - if you are qatar, what other options do you have? - you re a little peninsula. you re very wealthy, but you i have no goodwill towards you in the international community. sport remains. despite all the negative pr, we re seeing, an incrediblyl powerful way for relatively small nations to make - themselves big players - on the international stage. that s all we ve got time for this week. thank you so much to all my guests tojerry durso, miles coleman, beth fisher, henry ford, walker and alice enders. and thank you all so much for watching. that was the media show. goodbye.
john, that they are becoming more and more exasperated with this unprecedented barrage of negative headlines. i think many would wonder, if this is sportswashing, if that s what the motivation is in hosting this £200 billion event that s the amount of money that some believe has been spent on it then it s not working. on the other hand, some say that regardless of whatever controversy surrounds it, and there s plenty, it is still going to elevate the country s profile in the eyes of many people around the world. and i think what the hosts and fifa are banking on now is that once the matches get under way, a lot of the negativity and controversy that we re discussing in the build up will be put to one side. and that s what we ve seen in the past. i rememberjust four years ago, in russia, there was no shortage of negativity and controversy around vladimir putin s world cup. but once the action began,
well, and miles, you know, you made this film for documentary, which is on netflix. you were just talking then about the bad press that qatar s getting. do you think that, in fact, shows that sportswashing as a concept isn t actually a very workable thing? i think it shows thati sportswashing is still a strategy that people gravitate towards. - if you are qatar, what other options do you have? - you re a little peninsula. you re very wealthy, - but you have no goodwill towards you in the - international community. sport remains. despite all the negative pr, we re seeing, - an incredibly powerful way| for relatively small nations to make themselves big players on the international stage. - that s all we ve got time for this week. thank you so much to all my guests tojerry durso, miles coleman, beth fisher, henry ford, walker and alice enders. and thank you all so much for watching. that was the media show. goodbye.
you were just talking then about the bad press that qatar s getting. do you think that, in fact, shows that sportswashing as a concept isn t actually a very workable thing? i think it shows thatl sportswashing is still a strategy that people gravitate towards. - if you are qatar, what other options do you have? - you re a little peninsula. you re very wealthy, - but you have no goodwill towards you in the - international community. sport remains. despite all the negative pr, we re seeing, - it s an incredibly powerful way for relatively small nations . to make themselves big players on the international stage. - that s all we ve got time for this week. thank you so much to all my guests tojerry durso, miles coleman, beth fisher, henry ford, walker and alice enders. and thank you all so much for watching. that was the media show. goodbye. hello. it is unusually warm