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Was there a golden age for international correspondents? Are current affairs now largely brought to us in dumbed down soundbites? Who now sets the framework for coverage of world events?
- The options are to double up in Afghanistan or leave
- Mary Dejevsky: Cool realism is a political virtue, too
- Michael Brown: Labour are running out of viable options – and people
- Simon Carr: Trust him, he's the Justice Secretary ... Oh, if only we could
- Lisa Markwell: Oh dear, what can the batter be?
- Terence Blacker: Reality TV police shows are criminal
- Wen Jiabao: It's not a clash but a coalition of civilisations that China wants
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Columnist Comments
• Mary Dejevsky: Cool realism is a political virtue, too
No ideological vision could have replaced sound judgement in 1989
• Terence Blacker: Reality TV police shows are criminal
For half an hour, the real world is presented in black-and-white terms
• Dominic Lawson: The only options are to double up in Afghanistan or leave
At a risk of sounding callous, the number of casualties is actually small for a war
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