
Omar Mehtab
@omarmehtab
💻 = Freelance Reporter/Filmmaker | TV, Radio & Online | ⚽️ = @Arsenal | Ex-BBC | @JSchofieldTrust Fellow | Views = own | Reposts ≠ endorsements
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Here’s the debut extended episode from Suzanne Kianpour and producer Omar Mehtab on YouTube - a different way of telling the story of the week at the DNC in Chicago youtu.be/JBB9GFhaY-c?si…

Fashion and geopolitics? Trump's ex-lawyer? Samwise Gamgee??? Suzanne Kianpour has created News with Suz - a innovative way of exploring the big news stories - the debut episode being all about #DNC2024 I produced/filmed/edited it with her in Chicago :) youtu.be/JBB9GFhaY-c?si…



THREAD: 1. PERSONAL NEWS: Today BBC News has announced plans to close BBC HARDtalk after 3 decades holding the world’s politicians and powerbrokers to account. This is sad news for me personally, but much more important, I think it’s depressing news for the BBC🧵


Official inquiry into John Smyth - barrister & friend of @JustinWelby - describes Smyth as the Church of England's "most prolific serial abuser" Channel 4 News can reveal. It accuses the current Archbishop, one of his predecessors and multiple Bishops of failing to stop him.







As a former BBC News (UK) journalist, I’m appalled at the decision to remove ‘How to Survive in a War Zone’. I covered Gaza for months & Palestinians were routinely scrutinised more than Israelis. Would the BBC dare to remove a doc featuring an Israeli minister’s relative? 1/3



The USA is known as the land of the free, but is it a land of free speech? 🇺🇸 🎤 Some think not, after Jimmy Kimmel was taken off air. Our report & interview with Jon Sopel ⬇️ Produced/edited by Michael Saliba & Omar Mehtab youtu.be/9na_Risli8g?si…