BBC closes the Toxhou “HardTalk” with Stephen Sakur after 30 years on air

< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/38/D9/IB-FR85M4PAAA_237C6FC9.jpg" ALT = "BBC closes the" HardTalk "with Steveen Sakuur after 30 years in"/~ 62 < p >< em > According to the presenter, BBC chose to close the show the worst time when Russia's spread of misinformation, the use of artificial intelligence and the influence of Ilon Mask on social network H. ~ 60 > ~ < p > BBC closes tokeshaw & laquo; hardalk & raquo;, which was aired for 30 years. About this in & nbsp; social networks x, & nbsp; as well as & nbsp; in & nbsp; interview & nbsp; for the Guardian and & nbsp; columns & nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp. Sakur , which was the leader of the project & nbsp; last 19 years.

< P > According to him, the official reason for the closure of the show is called the cost reduction on BBC.

< p >< i > & laquo; I'm afraid that BBC ejects a precious asset at the worst time. From the systemic misinformation that countries such as Russia spread to potential distortion of reality by artificial intelligence and masking of the social media X platform, we need journalism more than ever we can trust & raquo; ~ ~ ~ > >, & mdash; noted the sakur in the column for Radiotimes.

< P > He also regretted that independent journalism is attacked not only in frankly totalitarian countries but also in the most powerful democracies of the world, such as USA.

~ ~ < p >< i > & laquo; President Donald Trump has long called journalists who he does not like, “enemies of the people.” When independent information organizations expose his lie, he rejects their messages as “fake news” and threatens them with a lawsuit. Intimidation seems to work & mdash; Just look at The Washington Post. The current owner of the Post, billionaire, “Technical brother” Jeff Bezos, became friends with Trump and banned dissent voices on his pages with thoughts & raquo ;, & nbsp; & mdash; mdash; said Sakur.

< p >According to the presenter because & nbsp; through misinformation and manipulation, it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish the truth from lies, there has never been such a need for journalism that attracts power to justice.

< p >< i > & laquo; asking the right questions is more important now than ever & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; mdash; He is convinced.

< p > in an interview & nbsp; the Guardian & nbsp; sakur & nbsp; nbsp; expressed that despite the closure of the BBC World Service. < P > He is currently experiencing a charge of energy and freedom. The presenter said he had already signed an agreement to write a book about journalists who risked everyone to change the situation.

< p >< i > & laquo; I am not a bold person, and partly the reason for writing this book is that for many years I have been so impressed with journalists whose work is truly bold than mine would never and 622 & mdash; & nbsp; shared Stephen Sakur.

< p > He would also like to create an updated version of & laquo; hardtalk & raquo; and open to sentences.

< p > during the work on Stephen's project, Sakur has recorded more than 3,000 interviews with politicians, businessmen, thought leaders, representatives of culture and sports. Among the heroes of conversation & mdash; Hug Chavez, Meles Zenava, Nancy Pelosi, Recep Tayip Erdogan, Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vitaliy Klitschko, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Petro Poroshenko and others.

~ ~ ~ < P > The program came out three times a week. It was watched & nbsp; about 70 million people in over 200 countries.