SHAFAQNA – Dr Marcus Papadopoulos is the Publisher and Editor of Politics First magazine and an expert on Russia. He earned his BA, in Law and Modern History, from London Guildhall University, his MA, in Modern History, from Royal Holloway, University of London, and his PhD, in Russian history, from Royal Holloway, University of London. The title of his doctoral thesis was: “British official perceptions of the Red Army, 1934-1945” and is available at the British Library.
SHAFAQNA – Britain over the past decade has grappled with radicalism – might it be religiously or politically motivated. How would you define radicalism and how do you feel has it impacted Society?
SHAFAQNA – As a media professional would you say that mainstream has changed the way it reports on news in reaction to Terrorism?
SHAFAQNA – How in your mind – if at all, could journalists and other media professional help mediate tensions in view of rampant sectarianism?
SHAFAQNA – How do you understand the press’ role in the face of radicalism? Do you think that journalism today has a greater role to play in bringing objective coverage – and thus help maintain the integrity of the press without playing into radicalism?
SHAFAQNA – How would you answer those who have critiqued mainstream and accused media outlets of playing the public fear to promote readership?
SHAFAQNA – How do you envision the role media will play in combating intolerance and radicalism in all its forms?
SHAFAQNA – Would you say that our vision of society has become too binary to be objective?
SHAFAQNA – What do think is the root-cause of terrorism, and do you think that politicians and other parties have played Terror to further their own agenda?
SHAFAQNA – What about those so-called Muslim clerics who have issued fatwas (Islamic ruling) how we should handle their rhetoric and how do we differentiate in between them and real Islam?
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Well said, Dr. Popadopoulos. As ever, to the point when answering questions, un-like most commentators who seem to have doctorates in prevarication.
Well said, Dr. Popadopoulos.