faces in broadcasting. jon snow has been the face of the programme since 1989. over the course of three decades, he has grilled every prime minister, from margaret thatcher up to and including theresa may. he drew the iconic words, let bygones be bygones from nelson mandela. he shared a plane with idi amin, reported on wars in iran and crises in vietnam. and it s not all been hard news. he has danced and sung on tv and even got stoned on camera. but he has also been accused of being too partisan, of having political views that were too obvious and which undermine the network s impartiality. and so, at a time when the future of channel 4 is up for grabs, his words have come under unprecedented scrutiny. jon snow, welcome to the media show, and i guess before we start, the first question is, you ve got a few days left at channel 4 news. hoping for an interview with borisjohnson? i m absolutely standing ready and i have every hope that that phone call will come and i ll suddenly be able t
the pressure that everyone has exerted and also the fact that apartheid committed so many crimes, or so many crimes are committed in the name of apartheid, what should happen to people who committed those crimes? i have been saying throughout let bygones be bygones. 0bviously nelson mandela is not the only world leader you have interviewed, and you also grilled almost every prime minister since margaret thatcher. do you think politicians are harder to pin down now than when you first started? it is interesting. i think, as the technology has developed, so has the capacity for the leader or politician to evade scrutiny. i think that is a fact. and it is much more difficult. there is no question