By Kaamil Ahmed (London)

Through war-torn streets, surrounded by the sounds of shelling and gun-fire, Robert Fisk roams. Not content with what he has dubbed as “hotel journalism”, The Independent’s famed foreign correspondent has provided his readers in the West with insight into the destruction and suffering of the wars of the past decades not by relying on government statements or news attained from other sources, but through the use of his own eyes. Whether in Palestine, Lebanon, Serbia, Afghanistan or Iraq, Robert Fisk has been the man who has taken a step further than most journalists and walked onto the streets and lived with the people he writes about.

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Opinion A – James Murdoch

“The BBC should not be in the business of competing with professional journalists. The consequences [for] independent journalists is probably the most urgent one to deal with.”

- Chief Executive of News Corporation James Murdoch, according to the Guardian.

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Opinion B – Greg Dyke

“Journalism is going through a very difficult time – not only in this country but every country in the world – because newspapers, radio and television in the commercial world are all having a very rough time… That is nothing to do with the BBC, that is just to with what’s happening,”

- Former BBC Director General Greg Dyke, on BBC Radio 5, blaming the recession for the problems journalism faces.

Who do you agree with? Greg Dyke or James Murdoch?

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