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'''Jon Snow''' (born 28 September 1947) is an English journalist and television presenter, best known as the longest-running presenter of ''[http://www.channel4.com/news/jon-snow Channel 4 News]''. Jon Snow joined ITN in 1976 and became Washington Correspondent in 1984. Since then, he has travelled the world to cover the news – from the fall of the Berlin Wall and the release of [[Nelson Mandela]], to [[Barack Obama]]'s inauguration and the earthquake in Haiti.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/jon-snow "Jon Snow presenter of ''Channel 4 News''"]</ref>
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'''Jon Snow''' (born 28 September 1947) is an English [[journalist]] and [[TV presenter]], longest-running presenter of ''[http://www.channel4.com/news/jon-snow Channel 4 News]''.  
  
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As well as presenting ''Channel 4 News'', Jon Snow writes ''Snowblog'' - a unique take on the day's events<ref>[http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/ "Snowblog"]</ref> - and ''Snowmail'' - a preview of the evening programme's main stories.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/4viewers/faq/name/what-is-snowmail/id/400290392 "Snowmail"]</ref>
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In March 2017 he was awarded the ''2017 Horace Greeley Award for Best Fake News Journalist'' by [[21st Century Wire]] because "After mounting a horrendous year pumping out continuous fake news and lies about Syria, Channel 4 thought it prudent to run their own ‘Fake News Week’ supposedly to lecture everyone else about how things are in media, and they even dressed-up news anchor Jon Show and ran a horrible comedy skit designed to lambast other news sources, only it back fired, and C4 looked stupid in the process. As it turns out, it was Snow who conducted one of the worst interviews in broadcast TV history, as he tried to railroad Syrian MP from Aleppo with a series of standard failed talking points likely issued by the Foreign Office."<ref>http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/03/26/vote-the-2017-horace-greeley-award-for-best-fake-news-journalist/</ref>
  
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On 8 May 2015, when he appeared on the panel of BBC1's "Have I Got Election News For You" and was told that Vince Cable, the out-going Lib-Dem cabinet minister and defeated MP, had his bike stolen outside the polling station in Twickenham, Jon Snow quipped that it was the second seat Cable had lost that day.<ref>[http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Got-Election-News-BBC1-tonight-Paul-Merton-Ian/story-26466174-detail/story.html "Have I Got Election News For You on BBC1 tonight with Paul Merton, Ian Hislop, Jon Snow, Romesh Ranganathan & guest host Jo Brand"]</ref>
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==Background==
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Snow won a choral scholarship at Winchester Cathedral, and spent five years at The Pilgrims' School. He was then educated at Ardingly College, where his father was headmaster. In 2013, he recounted how the inquiry into [[Jimmy Savile]] had allowed him to re-evaluate his own childhood when he was molested by one of the school's domestic staff.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21578854</ref> Snow subsequently attended St Edward's School in Oxford. When he was 18 he spent a year as a VSO volunteer teaching in [[Uganda]].
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After mixed success in his first attempt to pass his A-level qualifications, he moved to the Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, where he later obtained the necessary qualifications to gain a place studying law at the [[University of Liverpool]]. However, he did not complete the degree, being rusticated for his part in a 1970 anti-apartheid student protest, which he later described as "an absolute watershed in my life".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/liverpool/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8582000/8582901.stm "Anniversary of student occupation"]</ref> However, he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at Liverpool University in 2011.<ref>[http://alumni.liv.ac.uk/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=843 "University of Liverpool Alumni – Jon Snow"]</ref>
  
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==Early life==
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==Career==
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Snow was born in Ardingly, Sussex. He is the son of Bishop of Whitby, George D'Oyly Snow and his wife Joan, a pianist who studied at the Royal College of Music.<ref>{{cite book|last=Snow|first=Jon|title=Shooting History|publisher=Harper Perennial|date=3 May 2005|location=London|pages=352|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0007171854|isbn=0-00-717185-4}}</ref> He is a grandson of [[First World War]] general Thomas D'Oyly Snow (about whom he writes in his Foreword to Ronald Skirth's war memoir ''The Reluctant Tommy''<ref>{{Cite book|publisher=Macmillan|date=16 April 2010|isbn=978-0-230-74673-2|title=The Reluctant Tommy: An Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War|author=Ronald Skirth|editor=Duncan Barrett|author2=Jon Snow}}</ref>) and is the cousin of retired [[BBC]] television news presenter [[Peter Snow]].
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Jon Snow joined [[ITN]] in 1976. Since then, he has travelled the world to cover the news – from the fall of the Berlin Wall and the release of [[Nelson Mandela]], to [[Barack Obama]]'s inauguration and the earthquake in Haiti.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/jon-snow "Jon Snow presenter of ''Channel 4 News''"]</ref>
  
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==Education==
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Jon Snow was ITN's Washington correspondent (1983–1986) and as diplomatic editor (1986–1989) before becoming the main presenter of [[Channel 4 News]] in 1989. In 1992 he was the main anchor for ITN's Election Night programme, broadcast on ITV; he presented the programme alongside [[Robin Day]], [[Alastair Stewart]] and [[Julia Somerville]]. (Previously ITN's programme had typically been presented by [[Alastair Burnet]], who left ITN in 1991. The 1992 election night programme was the only one hosted by Snow. He was replaced by [[Jonathan Dimbleby]] from 1997 onwards.) He has won several Royal Television Society Awards – two for reports from El Salvador, one for his reporting of the Kegworth air disaster and two as "Presenter of the Year".
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Snow won a choral scholarship at Winchester Cathedral, and spent five years at The Pilgrims' School. He was then educated at Ardingly College, where his father was headmaster. In 2013, he recounted how the inquiry into [[Jimmy Savile]] had allowed him to re-evaluate his own childhood when he was molested by one of the school's domestic staff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21578854|title=Jon Snow recalls childhood abuse|publisher=BBC News|date=25 February 2013}}</ref>
 
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Snow subsequently attended St Edward's School in Oxford. When he was 18 he spent a year as a VSO volunteer teaching in Uganda.
 
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After mixed success in his first attempt to pass his A-level qualifications, he moved to the Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, where he later obtained the necessary qualifications to gain a place studying law at the University of Liverpool. However, he did not complete the degree, being rusticated for his part in a 1970 anti-apartheid student protest, which he later described as "an absolute watershed in my life".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/liverpool/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8582000/8582901.stm "Anniversary of student occupation"]</ref> However, he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at Liverpool University in 2011.<ref>[http://alumni.liv.ac.uk/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=843 "University of Liverpool Alumni – Jon Snow"]</ref>
 
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==Life and career==
 
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After leaving Liverpool, Snow was hired by [[Lord Longford]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Turner|first1=Shannon|title=How we met: Jon Snow and Lord Longford|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-jon-snow-and-lord-longford-1290954.html|work=The Independent|date=28 December 1997|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> to direct the New Horizon Youth Centre, a day centre for homeless young people in central London, an organisation with which he has remained involved and of which he subsequently became chairman.
 
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Jon Snow served as ITN's Washington correspondent (1983–1986) and as diplomatic editor (1986–1989) before becoming the main presenter of [[Channel 4 News]] in 1989. In 1992 he was the main anchor for ITN's Election Night programme, broadcast on ITV; he presented the programme alongside [[Robin Day]], [[Alastair Stewart]] and [[Julia Somerville]]. (Previously ITN's programme had typically been presented by [[Alastair Burnet]], who left ITN in 1991. The 1992 election night programme was the only one hosted by Snow. He was replaced by [[Jonathan Dimbleby]] from 1997 onwards.) He has won several Royal Television Society Awards – two for reports from El Salvador, one for his reporting of the Kegworth air disaster and two as "Presenter of the Year".
 
  
 
In 2002 he returned to radio, presenting Jon Snow Reports on ''Oneword Radio'', a weekly show and podcast. He wrote regular articles for the Channel 4 News website and ''Snowmail'' – a daily email newsletter on the big stories coming up on the evening edition of Channel 4 News.
 
In 2002 he returned to radio, presenting Jon Snow Reports on ''Oneword Radio'', a weekly show and podcast. He wrote regular articles for the Channel 4 News website and ''Snowmail'' – a daily email newsletter on the big stories coming up on the evening edition of Channel 4 News.
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On 14 June 2011, Snow presented the multiple award-winning investigative documentary Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, directed by Callum Macrae, which documented war crimes committed in the final days of the Sri Lankan conflict in 2009. The programme consisted of some of the most horrific footage ever broadcast in the UK; its second part, "War Crimes Unpunished" was broadcast in March 2012.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sri-lankas-killing-fields/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1 "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields"]</ref>
 
On 14 June 2011, Snow presented the multiple award-winning investigative documentary Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, directed by Callum Macrae, which documented war crimes committed in the final days of the Sri Lankan conflict in 2009. The programme consisted of some of the most horrific footage ever broadcast in the UK; its second part, "War Crimes Unpunished" was broadcast in March 2012.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sri-lankas-killing-fields/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1 "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields"]</ref>
  
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Snow declined an Order of the British Empire (OBE) because he believes working journalists should not take honours from those about whom they report.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nus.org.uk/en/student-life/student-lifestyle/Jon-Snow-Exclusive-Interview/ |title=Jon Snow Exclusive Interview |publisher=National Union of Students|accessdate=13 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,1169,1161366,00.html |title=The hair apparent |author=Nancy Banks-Smith |date=17 June 2002 |publisher=The Guardian |accessdate=13 January 2011 |location=London}}</ref>
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Snow declined an Order of the British Empire (OBE) because he believes working journalists should not take honours from those about whom they report.<ref>http://www.nus.org.uk/en/student-life/student-lifestyle/Jon-Snow-Exclusive-Interview/ </ref><ref>http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,1169,1161366,00.html </ref>
  
 
==Memorable incidents==
 
==Memorable incidents==
 
Whilst working as a journalist in Uganda, he flew sitting next to president [[Idi Amin]] in the presidential jet. He has recounted how whilst Amin appeared to be asleep he thought seriously about taking Amin's revolver and shooting him dead, but was worried about the consequences of firing a loose round in a jet.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/aa13a58f#b00y203s "Desert Island Discs interview, time:0:29:25, BBC Radio 4, 30 January 2011"]</ref>
 
Whilst working as a journalist in Uganda, he flew sitting next to president [[Idi Amin]] in the presidential jet. He has recounted how whilst Amin appeared to be asleep he thought seriously about taking Amin's revolver and shooting him dead, but was worried about the consequences of firing a loose round in a jet.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/aa13a58f#b00y203s "Desert Island Discs interview, time:0:29:25, BBC Radio 4, 30 January 2011"]</ref>
  
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In 1976, Snow rejected an approach by the British intelligence services to spy on his colleagues. At first he was asked to supply information about the Communist Party, but he was then asked to spy on certain "left-wing people" working in television.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Mark Hollingsworth|author2=Richard Norton-Taylor|chapter=MI5 and the BBC – Stamping the 'Christmas Tree' files|chapterurl=http://bilderberg.org/mi5bbc.htm|title=Blacklist: The Inside Story of Political Vetting|location=London|publisher=Hogarth Press|year=1988|page=104|isbn=0-7012-0811-2}}</ref> In return he would have received secret monthly, tax-free payments into his bank account, matching his then salary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981213/ai_n14482319|title=Interview: Jon Snow: I survived wars, Gadaffi and camel for lunch|author=Colin Wills|date=13 December 1998|publisher=Sunday Mirror|accessdate=14 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://cryptome.info/mi6-disinfo.htm|title=Anthrax follies; 'Planted' intelligence is a war correspondent's nightmare|author=Ed Vulliamy|date=25 March 1998|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=14 January 2011}}</ref>
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In 1976, Snow rejected an approach by the British intelligence services to spy on his colleagues. At first he was asked to supply information about the Communist Party, but he was then asked to spy on certain "left-wing people" working in television.<ref>http://bilderberg.org/mi5bbc.htm Mark Hollingsworth; Richard Norton-Taylor (1988). "MI5 and the BBC – Stamping the 'Christmas Tree' files". Blacklist: The Inside Story of Political Vetting. London: Hogarth Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-7012-0811-2.</ref> In return he would have received secret monthly, tax-free payments into his bank account, matching his then salary.<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981213/ai_n1448231</ref><ref>http://cryptome.info/mi6-disinfo.htm title=Anthrax follies; 'Planted' intelligence is a war correspondent's nightmare</ref>
  
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On 16 November 1992, Jon Snow interviewed [[Patrick Haseldine]] at the Clock Tower Café in Ongar by satellite link-up for ''Channel 4 News'' in relation to a letter about the [[Arms-to-Iraq]] affair published that morning by ''The Guardian''.<ref>"Who sees and hears what matters in Whitehall", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 16 November 1992</ref> The interview was not actually broadcast since it was overtaken by that day's late announcement of the setting up and terms of reference of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Report Scott Inquiry].
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On 16 November 1992, Jon Snow interviewed [[Patrick Haseldine]] at the Clock Tower Café in Ongar by satellite link-up for ''Channel 4 News'' in relation to a letter about the [[Arms-to-Iraq]] affair published that morning by ''The Guardian''.<ref>"Who sees and hears what matters in Whitehall", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 16 November 1992</ref> The interview was not actually broadcast since it was overtaken by that day's late announcement of the setting up and terms of reference of the [[Scott Inquiry]].
  
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In 2003, at the height of the "dodgy dossier" affair, [[Alastair Campbell]] walked into the studio to rebut statements by the BBC. Without notes or preparation, Snow questioned Campbell about the affair.<ref>{{cite news|title=Channel 4 News at 25: Jon Snow|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/channel+4+news+at+25+jon+snow/975252|accessdate=2 December 2009|publisher=Channel 4 News|date=31 October 2007}}</ref>
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On 27 June 2003, at the height of the "[[dodgy dossier]]" affair, [[Alastair Campbell]] walked into the studio to rebut statements by the BBC's [[Andrew Gilligan]]. Without notes or preparation, Snow questioned Campbell about the affair.<ref>http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/channel+4+news+at+25+jon+snow/975252</ref>
  
 
In 2004, Snow published an autobiography, "Shooting History".
 
In 2004, Snow published an autobiography, "Shooting History".
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On 28 February 2008, Snow courted more controversy by claiming that the silence of the British media on the decision to allow [[Prince Harry]] to fight in [[Afghanistan]] was unacceptable, with the following statement:<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/snowmail+prince+harry+in+afghanistan/1674847 "Channel 4 – News – Snowmail: Prince Harry in Afghanistan"]</ref>
 
On 28 February 2008, Snow courted more controversy by claiming that the silence of the British media on the decision to allow [[Prince Harry]] to fight in [[Afghanistan]] was unacceptable, with the following statement:<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/snowmail+prince+harry+in+afghanistan/1674847 "Channel 4 – News – Snowmail: Prince Harry in Afghanistan"]</ref>
 
:"I never thought I'd find myself saying thank God for Drudge. The infamous US blogger has broken the best kept editorial secret of recent times. Editors have been sworn to secrecy over Prince Harry being sent to fight in Afghanistan three months ago."
 
:"I never thought I'd find myself saying thank God for Drudge. The infamous US blogger has broken the best kept editorial secret of recent times. Editors have been sworn to secrecy over Prince Harry being sent to fight in Afghanistan three months ago."
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These remarks provoked criticism from some members of the public and other media outlets,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=522552&in_page_id=1770&ct=5|location=London|title=the Daily Mail | first=Becky|last=Barrow|date=9 February 2011}}</ref> with some accusing Snow of wishing to undermine the safety of the Prince and his troops and (according to Snow himself at the end of that day's bulletin and later reported in the ''Daily Mail'') one captain in the armed forces called Snow's actions "treason".<ref>[http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_04/003druggereport_800x210.jpg IMG.dailymail.co.uk "Snow's actions treason'"]</ref>
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These remarks provoked criticism from some members of the public and other media outlets,<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=522552&in_page_id=1770&ct=5</ref> with some accusing Snow of wishing to undermine the safety of the Prince and his troops and (according to Snow himself at the end of that day's bulletin and later reported in the ''Daily Mail'') one captain in the armed forces called Snow's actions "treason".<ref>[http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_04/003druggereport_800x210.jpg IMG.dailymail.co.uk "Snow's actions treason'"]</ref>
  
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On 9 February 2009, Snow interviewed Lt-Col Yvonne Bradley, the military counsel for [[Binyam Mohamed]], a British resident detained for five years at [[Guantanamo Bay]]. Snow asked if Mohamed's allegations of torture were justified. Lt-Col Bradley said there was no doubt at all that he had been tortured.<ref>{{cite web|title=US lawyer: 'Show us Binyam Mohamed torture papers now'|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/us+lawyer+show+us+binyam+mohamed+torture+papers+now/2935472.html|publisher=[[Channel Four News]]|accessdate=1 August 2014|date=9 February 2009}}</ref> Mohamed was released and returned to Britain on 23 February 2009.
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On 9 February 2009, Snow interviewed Lt-Col Yvonne Bradley, the military counsel for [[Binyam Mohamed]], a British resident detained for five years at [[Guantanamo Bay]]. Snow asked if Mohamed's allegations of torture were justified. Lt-Col Bradley said there was no doubt at all that he had been tortured.<ref>http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/us+lawyer+show+us+binyam+mohamed+torture+papers+now/2935472.html</ref> Mohamed was released and returned to Britain on 23 February 2009.
  
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In November 2010 Snow was sent to [[Haiti]] to report on the cholera outbreak.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cholera-hit Haiti braced for tropical storm Tomas|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/cholera-hit-haiti-braced-for-tropical-storm-tomas|publisher=[[Channel Four News]]|accessdate=1 August 2014|date=4 November 2010}}</ref>
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In November 2010 Snow was sent to [[Haiti]] to report on the [[cholera]] outbreak.<ref>http://www.channel4.com/news/cholera-hit-haiti-braced-for-tropical-storm-tomas</ref>
  
 
==="Dynamite revelations" about Lockerbie===
 
==="Dynamite revelations" about Lockerbie===
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:Even more importantly, they managed to see the notebooks and diaries of the Scottish and American investigators written at the time. These were also in the possession of the [[Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission|Review Commission]].
 
:Even more importantly, they managed to see the notebooks and diaries of the Scottish and American investigators written at the time. These were also in the possession of the [[Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission|Review Commission]].
 
:In short, the diaries make a blistering allegation – that the central Maltese witness whose testimony was key to convicting [[Abdelbaset al-Megrahi]] – had been bribed. The diaries record the apparent “offer of inducements made to [[Tony Gauci]]”, the Maltese shopkeeper who identified clothes that were found in the suitcase that carried the bomb on the plane, as having been bought at his shop by [[al-Megrahi]].
 
:In short, the diaries make a blistering allegation – that the central Maltese witness whose testimony was key to convicting [[Abdelbaset al-Megrahi]] – had been bribed. The diaries record the apparent “offer of inducements made to [[Tony Gauci]]”, the Maltese shopkeeper who identified clothes that were found in the suitcase that carried the bomb on the plane, as having been bought at his shop by [[al-Megrahi]].
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:[[Tony Gauci]]’s brother, Paul, it is claimed, in the same diaries as having “a clear desire to gain financial benefit”. [[Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission|The Review Commissions’]] own report states that after the trial [[Tony Gauci]] was paid $2 million, and that brother Paul got $1 million reward money.
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:[[Tony Gauci]]’s brother, Paul, it is claimed, in the same diaries as having “a clear desire to gain financial benefit”. [[Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission|The Review Commission's]] own report states that after the trial [[Tony Gauci]] was paid $2 million, and that brother Paul got $1 million reward money.
 
:If true, these would be completely dynamite revelations. Of course, they would have come out in the appeal that [[Megrahi]]’s release prevented happening. It is inconceivable that this [[Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission|Scottish Review Commission]]’s report would not have surfaced at such an appeal. Does this perhaps explain why he was eventually bundled so speedily out of the country?
 
:If true, these would be completely dynamite revelations. Of course, they would have come out in the appeal that [[Megrahi]]’s release prevented happening. It is inconceivable that this [[Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission|Scottish Review Commission]]’s report would not have surfaced at such an appeal. Does this perhaps explain why he was eventually bundled so speedily out of the country?
 
:But the other question remains… why was it left to ''Al Jazeera'' to make these allegations?<ref>[http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/bribery-heart-megrahis-lockerbie-conviction/15443 "Bribery at the heart of Megrahi’s Lockerbie conviction?"]</ref>
 
:But the other question remains… why was it left to ''Al Jazeera'' to make these allegations?<ref>[http://blogs.channel4.com/snowblog/bribery-heart-megrahis-lockerbie-conviction/15443 "Bribery at the heart of Megrahi’s Lockerbie conviction?"]</ref>
  
 
===Journalistic fisticuffs===
 
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In 2013, Snow had a dispute with broadcaster [[Charlie Brooker]] about video games in which Snow claimed the game ''Lego Marvel Super Heroes'' was violent. Later in the programme, Brooker referred as Snow as being "like a dog at the controls of a helicopter" when he was confused at how to control the character in the game.
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In 2013, Snow had a dispute with broadcaster [[Charlie Brooker]] about video games in which Snow claimed the game ''Lego Marvel Super Heroes'' was violent. Later in the programme, Brooker referred to Snow as being "like a dog at the controls of a helicopter" when he was confused at how to control the character in the game.
  
 
In early 2014, he had a heated debate with comedian and actor [[Russell Brand]]<ref>[http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/15/russell-brand-v-jon-snow-interview-pair-clash-on-channel-4-over-drugs-4305646/ "Russell Brand v Jon Snow interview"]</ref> who appeared in a Channel 4 interview about his petition for a debate on the UK drug laws.
 
In early 2014, he had a heated debate with comedian and actor [[Russell Brand]]<ref>[http://metro.co.uk/2014/02/15/russell-brand-v-jon-snow-interview-pair-clash-on-channel-4-over-drugs-4305646/ "Russell Brand v Jon Snow interview"]</ref> who appeared in a Channel 4 interview about his petition for a debate on the UK drug laws.
 
   
 
   
 
===Snow on Gaza===
 
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In July 2014, during the latest Israeli war on Gaza, Snow interviewed Israeli spokesman Mark Regev about Israel's killing of Palestinian children, including four children playing on a Gaza beach. Regev responded that it was [[Hamas]] and not Israel who was responsible for the Israeli military hitting the children with an Israeli missile.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-crisis-israeli-government-spokesperson-insists-it-does-not-target-civilians-after-four-boys-are-killed-by-shelling-9611119.html "Jon Snow interview with Israeli spokesman Mark Regev"]</ref> Snow concluded by asking Regev:
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In July 2014, during the latest Israeli war on Gaza, Snow interviewed Israeli spokesman [[Mark Regev]] about Israel's killing of Palestinian children, including four children playing on a Gaza beach. Regev responded that it was [[Hamas]] and not [[Israel]] who was responsible for the Israeli military hitting the children with an Israeli missile.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-crisis-israeli-government-spokesperson-insists-it-does-not-target-civilians-after-four-boys-are-killed-by-shelling-9611119.html "Jon Snow interview with Israeli spokesman Mark Regev"]</ref> Snow concluded by asking Regev:
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:"Why won't you speak with Hamas directly? You haven't got the courage."<ref>{{cite web|title=UK Reporter Commits Real Journalism In Interview With Israel's Chief Spokesman|url=http://crooksandliars.com/2014/07/uk-reporter-commits-real-journalism|website=Crooks and Liars|date=19 July 2014}}</ref> Shortly after that interview Snow left for Gaza to continue his reporting of the war from the battlefront.
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:"Why won't you speak with Hamas directly? You haven't got the courage."<ref>http://crooksandliars.com/2014/07/uk-reporter-commits-real-journalism</ref> Shortly after that interview Snow left for [[Gaza]] to continue his reporting of the war from the battlefront.
  
 
==Personal life==
 
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In 1979 Snow was briefly engaged to fellow ITN journalist Anna Ford, by then ITN's first female newsreader on ''News at Ten''.<ref>Gerald Isaaman [http://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/012705/r012705_01.htm "And finally... the end of the news"], ''Camden New Journal'', 28 January 2005</ref> For 35 years his partner was human rights lawyer [[Madeleine Colvin]], with whom he has two daughters.<ref>William Langley [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/7856427/Jon-Snow-married-in-Mustique.html "Jon Snow: married in Mustique"], ''The Telegraph'', 26 June 2010</ref> In March 2010 he married Precious Lunga, a Zimbabwe-born academic.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288759/And-finally-Jon-Snow-weds-62.html|location=London|work=Daily Mail|title=And finally, Jon Snow weds at 62 (and his new bride is just 35)|first=Richard|last=Kay|date=23 June 2010}}</ref>
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In 1979 Snow was briefly engaged to fellow ITN journalist Anna Ford, by then ITN's first female newsreader on ''News at Ten''.<ref>Gerald Isaaman [http://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/012705/r012705_01.htm "And finally... the end of the news"], ''Camden New Journal'', 28 January 2005</ref> For 35 years his partner was human rights lawyer [[Madeleine Colvin]], with whom he has two daughters.<ref>William Langley [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/7856427/Jon-Snow-married-in-Mustique.html "Jon Snow: married in Mustique"], ''The Telegraph'', 26 June 2010</ref> In March 2010 he married Precious Lunga, a Zimbabwe-born academic.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288759/And-finally-Jon-Snow-weds-62.html</ref>
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He was a school governor for many years at Brecknock Primary School, Camden, London.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=69752 |publisher = Times Educational Supplement | title = Fine words, now let's see some substance | accessdate = 30 November 2011}}</ref>
 
  
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On 29 August 2012, Snow carried the Paralympic Torch in the relay prior to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games.
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He was a school governor for many years at Brecknock Primary School, Camden, London.<ref>http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=69752 </ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
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* Trustee of the National Gallery and Tate Gallery from 1999 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tate.org.uk/about/governancefunding/boardoftrustees/trusteesretired.htm |title=Recently Retired Tate Trustees |publisher=Tate Gallery |accessdate=14 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/organisation/board-of-trustees/minutes-of-the-board/march-2008 |title=Minutes of the Board of Trustees – March 2008 |publisher=National Gallery |accessdate=14 January 2011}}</ref>
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* Trustee of the National Gallery and Tate Gallery from 1999 to 2008.<ref>http://www.tate.org.uk/about/governancefunding/boardoftrustees/trusteesretired.htm </ref><ref>http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/organisation/board-of-trustees/minutes-of-the-board/march-2008 </ref>
 
* Patron of  Prisoners Abroad, a charity that supports the welfare of Britons imprisoned overseas and their families.
 
* Patron of  Prisoners Abroad, a charity that supports the welfare of Britons imprisoned overseas and their families.
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* Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University from 2001 to 2008, regularly attending ceremonial events at the University. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford Brookes – Doctor of the University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brookes.ac.uk/about/honorary/profiles/jon-snow |title=Jon Snow – Doctor of the University (HonDUniv) |publisher=Oxford Brookes University |accessdate=13 January 2011}}</ref>
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* Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University from 2001 to 2008, regularly attending ceremonial events at the University. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford Brookes – Doctor of the University.<ref>http://www.brookes.ac.uk/about/honorary/profiles/jon-snow </ref>
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* Honorary professor and guest lecturer on Stirling University's Film & Media Studies course.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.external.stir.ac.uk/undergrad/course_info/courses_ug/f_m_studies.php |title=Undergraduate Courses – Film & Media Studies |publisher=University of Stirling |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20051025134747/http://www.external.stir.ac.uk/undergrad/course_info/courses_ug/f_m_studies.php |archivedate=25 October 2005}}</ref>
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* Honorary professor and guest lecturer on Stirling University's Film & Media Studies course.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20051025134747/http://www.external.stir.ac.uk/undergrad/course_info/courses_ug/f_m_studies.php</ref>
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* Honorary Fellow (since 15 February 2006) of the Royal Institute of British Architects, an annually-conferred lifetime honour which allows the recipient to use the initials ''Hon FRIBA'' after his or her surname.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIBA announces 16 Honorary Fellowships|url=http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/News/Press_5147.html|date=29 September 2005}}</ref> Snow has an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen, in recognition of his services to broadcasting.
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* Honorary Fellow (since 15 February 2006) of the Royal Institute of British Architects, an annually-conferred lifetime honour which allows the recipient to use the initials ''Hon FRIBA'' after his or her surname.<ref>http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/News/Press_5147.html</ref> Snow has an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen, in recognition of his services to broadcasting.
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* Chairman of the Prison Reform Trust from 1992 to 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brookes.ac.uk/smt/jon_snow |publisher=Oxford Brookes University |title=Jon Snow – Chancellor |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040302173452/http://www.brookes.ac.uk/smt/jon_snow |archivedate=2 March 2004}}</ref>
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* Chairman of the Prison Reform Trust from 1992 to 1997.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20040302173452/http://www.brookes.ac.uk/smt/jon_snow</ref>
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* President of the Cyclists' Touring Club in January 2007, succeeding Phil Liggett.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4473|title=Jon Snow new CTC President|work=|publisher=Cyclists' Touring Club|date=25 September 2006|accessdate=1 October 2006}}</ref>
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* President of the Cyclists' Touring Club in January 2007, succeeding Phil Liggett.<ref>http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4473</ref>
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* Patron of Reprieve, a legal action charity which uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reprieve.org.uk/static/downloads/newletter-nov07-6.pdf |title=Reprieve Update |date=December 2007 |publisher=Reprieve |accessdate=13 January 2011}}</ref>
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* Patron of Reprieve, a legal action charity which uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.<ref>http://www.reprieve.org.uk/static/downloads/newletter-nov07-6.pdf</ref>
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* Patron of the African Prisons Project, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to bring dignity and hope to men women and children in African prisons through health, education, justice and reintegration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africanprisons.org/about/people/ |title=Our People |publisher=African Prisons Project |accessdate=25 March 2011}}</ref>
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* Patron of the African Prisons Project, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to bring dignity and hope to men women and children in African prisons through health, education, justice and reintegration.<ref>http://www.africanprisons.org/about/people/ </ref>
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* Patron of Media Legal Defence Initiative, a UK-based charity that provides legal support to journalists and media outlets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediadefence.org/about.html |title=About Us |publisher=Media Legal Defence Initiative |accessdate=15 January 2011}}</ref>
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* Patron of Media Legal Defence Initiative, a UK-based charity that provides legal support to journalists and media outlets ([[independent media]] need not apply).<ref>http://www.mediadefence.org/about.html </ref>
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* Patron of the tree planting charity Trees for Cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.treesforcities.org/about-us/who-we-are/ |title=Who we are |publisher=Trees for Cities |accessdate=12 February 2013}}</ref>
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* Patron of the tree planting charity Trees for Cities.<ref>http://www.treesforcities.org/about-us/who-we-are/</ref>
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* Chair of New Horizon Youth Centre, the charity of which he was Director during the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Chair|url=http://www.nhyouthcentre.org.uk/about/our-chair/|publisher=New Horizon Youth Centre|accessdate=12 February 2013}}</ref>
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* Chair of New Horizon Youth Centre, the charity of which he was Director during the 1970s.<ref>{http://www.nhyouthcentre.org.uk/about/our-chair/</ref>
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* Ambassador of Ambitious about Autism, the UK charity supporting children and young people with autism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ambassadors|url=http://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/page/who_we_are/aaa_people/ambassadors.cfm|publisher=Ambitious about Autism|accessdate=12 February 2013}}</ref>
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* Ambassador of Ambitious about Autism, the UK charity supporting children and young people with [[autism]].<ref>http://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/page/who_we_are/aaa_people/ambassadors.cfm</ref>
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* Patron of the DIPEx Charity, a UK-based charity that produces two health websites, ''Healthtalkonline''<ref>{{cite web|title=Healthtalkonline|url=http://www.healthtalkonline.org|work=Healthtalkonline main website}}</ref> and ''Youthhealthtalk'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Youthhealthtalk|url=http://www.youthhealthtalk.org|work=Youthhealthtalk main website}}</ref> featuring people's real life experiences of health and illness.<ref>{{cite web|title=Healthtalkonline About Us|url=http://www.healthtalkonline.org/Overview/ThePeople|work=Healthtalkonline main website}}</ref>
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* Patron of the DIPEx Charity, a UK-based charity that produces two health websites, ''Healthtalkonline''<ref>http://www.healthtalkonline.org</ref> and ''Youthhealthtalk'',<ref>http://www.youthhealthtalk.org|work=Youthhealthtalk main website</ref> featuring people's real life experiences of health and illness.<ref>http://www.healthtalkonline.org/Overview/ThePeople</ref>
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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Snow published his autobiographical work, "Shooting History", in 2004. The book was published by Harper Perennial and details Snow's life from his childhood, up to the [[2003 Iraq War]].<ref>Snow, Jon (2004). Shooting History. London: Harper Perennial</ref>
 
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Person.png Jon Snow   SourcewatchRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(television presenter)
Jon Snow1.jpg
Jon Snow, the face of Channel 4 News since 1989
BornJon Snow
1947-09-28
Ardingly, Sussex, England
ReligionAnglicanism
Children2
SpousePrecious Lunga
UK corporate media journalist

Jon Snow (born 28 September 1947) is an English journalist and TV presenter, longest-running presenter of Channel 4 News.

In March 2017 he was awarded the 2017 Horace Greeley Award for Best Fake News Journalist by 21st Century Wire because "After mounting a horrendous year pumping out continuous fake news and lies about Syria, Channel 4 thought it prudent to run their own ‘Fake News Week’ supposedly to lecture everyone else about how things are in media, and they even dressed-up news anchor Jon Show and ran a horrible comedy skit designed to lambast other news sources, only it back fired, and C4 looked stupid in the process. As it turns out, it was Snow who conducted one of the worst interviews in broadcast TV history, as he tried to railroad Syrian MP from Aleppo with a series of standard failed talking points likely issued by the Foreign Office."[1]

Background

Snow won a choral scholarship at Winchester Cathedral, and spent five years at The Pilgrims' School. He was then educated at Ardingly College, where his father was headmaster. In 2013, he recounted how the inquiry into Jimmy Savile had allowed him to re-evaluate his own childhood when he was molested by one of the school's domestic staff.[2] Snow subsequently attended St Edward's School in Oxford. When he was 18 he spent a year as a VSO volunteer teaching in Uganda. After mixed success in his first attempt to pass his A-level qualifications, he moved to the Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, where he later obtained the necessary qualifications to gain a place studying law at the University of Liverpool. However, he did not complete the degree, being rusticated for his part in a 1970 anti-apartheid student protest, which he later described as "an absolute watershed in my life".[3] However, he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at Liverpool University in 2011.[4]

Career

Jon Snow joined ITN in 1976. Since then, he has travelled the world to cover the news – from the fall of the Berlin Wall and the release of Nelson Mandela, to Barack Obama's inauguration and the earthquake in Haiti.[5]

Jon Snow was ITN's Washington correspondent (1983–1986) and as diplomatic editor (1986–1989) before becoming the main presenter of Channel 4 News in 1989. In 1992 he was the main anchor for ITN's Election Night programme, broadcast on ITV; he presented the programme alongside Robin Day, Alastair Stewart and Julia Somerville. (Previously ITN's programme had typically been presented by Alastair Burnet, who left ITN in 1991. The 1992 election night programme was the only one hosted by Snow. He was replaced by Jonathan Dimbleby from 1997 onwards.) He has won several Royal Television Society Awards – two for reports from El Salvador, one for his reporting of the Kegworth air disaster and two as "Presenter of the Year".

In 2002 he returned to radio, presenting Jon Snow Reports on Oneword Radio, a weekly show and podcast. He wrote regular articles for the Channel 4 News website and Snowmail – a daily email newsletter on the big stories coming up on the evening edition of Channel 4 News.

He is known for his vast collection of colourful ties and socks.[6]

On 14 June 2011, Snow presented the multiple award-winning investigative documentary Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, directed by Callum Macrae, which documented war crimes committed in the final days of the Sri Lankan conflict in 2009. The programme consisted of some of the most horrific footage ever broadcast in the UK; its second part, "War Crimes Unpunished" was broadcast in March 2012.[7]

Snow declined an Order of the British Empire (OBE) because he believes working journalists should not take honours from those about whom they report.[8][9]

Memorable incidents

Whilst working as a journalist in Uganda, he flew sitting next to president Idi Amin in the presidential jet. He has recounted how whilst Amin appeared to be asleep he thought seriously about taking Amin's revolver and shooting him dead, but was worried about the consequences of firing a loose round in a jet.[10]

In 1976, Snow rejected an approach by the British intelligence services to spy on his colleagues. At first he was asked to supply information about the Communist Party, but he was then asked to spy on certain "left-wing people" working in television.[11] In return he would have received secret monthly, tax-free payments into his bank account, matching his then salary.[12][13]

On 16 November 1992, Jon Snow interviewed Patrick Haseldine at the Clock Tower Café in Ongar by satellite link-up for Channel 4 News in relation to a letter about the Arms-to-Iraq affair published that morning by The Guardian.[14] The interview was not actually broadcast since it was overtaken by that day's late announcement of the setting up and terms of reference of the Scott Inquiry.

On 27 June 2003, at the height of the "dodgy dossier" affair, Alastair Campbell walked into the studio to rebut statements by the BBC's Andrew Gilligan. Without notes or preparation, Snow questioned Campbell about the affair.[15]

In 2004, Snow published an autobiography, "Shooting History".

He refuses to wear any symbol which may represent his views on air; in the run up to Remembrance Day, he condemned what he called 'Poppy Fascism' because "in the end there really must be more important things in life than whether a news presenter wears symbols on his lapels".[16]

On 28 February 2008, Snow courted more controversy by claiming that the silence of the British media on the decision to allow Prince Harry to fight in Afghanistan was unacceptable, with the following statement:[17]

"I never thought I'd find myself saying thank God for Drudge. The infamous US blogger has broken the best kept editorial secret of recent times. Editors have been sworn to secrecy over Prince Harry being sent to fight in Afghanistan three months ago."

These remarks provoked criticism from some members of the public and other media outlets,[18] with some accusing Snow of wishing to undermine the safety of the Prince and his troops and (according to Snow himself at the end of that day's bulletin and later reported in the Daily Mail) one captain in the armed forces called Snow's actions "treason".[19]

On 9 February 2009, Snow interviewed Lt-Col Yvonne Bradley, the military counsel for Binyam Mohamed, a British resident detained for five years at Guantanamo Bay. Snow asked if Mohamed's allegations of torture were justified. Lt-Col Bradley said there was no doubt at all that he had been tortured.[20] Mohamed was released and returned to Britain on 23 February 2009.

In November 2010 Snow was sent to Haiti to report on the cholera outbreak.[21]

"Dynamite revelations" about Lockerbie

In June 2011, Jon Snow reported "dynamite revelations" over payments made to prosecution witnesses whose evidence led to the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi for the Lockerbie bombing:

While Libya continues to burn, an eerie silence has descended over the British media’s interest in reopening the uncertainties surrounding the Lockerbie bombing. The occasional defecting Libyan minister has pretended to hold previously untold secrets, but nothing has come of them.
It was left to Al Jazeera English to try to lance the boil last Thursday when the channel broadcast an explosive documentary on the subject. The programme makers had gained access to the unpublished report of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission into the case.
Even more importantly, they managed to see the notebooks and diaries of the Scottish and American investigators written at the time. These were also in the possession of the Review Commission.
In short, the diaries make a blistering allegation – that the central Maltese witness whose testimony was key to convicting Abdelbaset al-Megrahi – had been bribed. The diaries record the apparent “offer of inducements made to Tony Gauci”, the Maltese shopkeeper who identified clothes that were found in the suitcase that carried the bomb on the plane, as having been bought at his shop by al-Megrahi.
Tony Gauci’s brother, Paul, it is claimed, in the same diaries as having “a clear desire to gain financial benefit”. The Review Commission's own report states that after the trial Tony Gauci was paid $2 million, and that brother Paul got $1 million reward money.
If true, these would be completely dynamite revelations. Of course, they would have come out in the appeal that Megrahi’s release prevented happening. It is inconceivable that this Scottish Review Commission’s report would not have surfaced at such an appeal. Does this perhaps explain why he was eventually bundled so speedily out of the country?
But the other question remains… why was it left to Al Jazeera to make these allegations?[22]

Journalistic fisticuffs

In 2013, Snow had a dispute with broadcaster Charlie Brooker about video games in which Snow claimed the game Lego Marvel Super Heroes was violent. Later in the programme, Brooker referred to Snow as being "like a dog at the controls of a helicopter" when he was confused at how to control the character in the game.

In early 2014, he had a heated debate with comedian and actor Russell Brand[23] who appeared in a Channel 4 interview about his petition for a debate on the UK drug laws.

Snow on Gaza

In July 2014, during the latest Israeli war on Gaza, Snow interviewed Israeli spokesman Mark Regev about Israel's killing of Palestinian children, including four children playing on a Gaza beach. Regev responded that it was Hamas and not Israel who was responsible for the Israeli military hitting the children with an Israeli missile.[24] Snow concluded by asking Regev:

"Why won't you speak with Hamas directly? You haven't got the courage."[25] Shortly after that interview Snow left for Gaza to continue his reporting of the war from the battlefront.

Personal life

In 1979 Snow was briefly engaged to fellow ITN journalist Anna Ford, by then ITN's first female newsreader on News at Ten.[26] For 35 years his partner was human rights lawyer Madeleine Colvin, with whom he has two daughters.[27] In March 2010 he married Precious Lunga, a Zimbabwe-born academic.[28]

He was a school governor for many years at Brecknock Primary School, Camden, London.[29]

Affiliations

  • Trustee of the National Gallery and Tate Gallery from 1999 to 2008.[30][31]
  • Patron of Prisoners Abroad, a charity that supports the welfare of Britons imprisoned overseas and their families.
  • Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University from 2001 to 2008, regularly attending ceremonial events at the University. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford Brookes – Doctor of the University.[32]
  • Honorary professor and guest lecturer on Stirling University's Film & Media Studies course.[33]
  • Honorary Fellow (since 15 February 2006) of the Royal Institute of British Architects, an annually-conferred lifetime honour which allows the recipient to use the initials Hon FRIBA after his or her surname.[34] Snow has an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen, in recognition of his services to broadcasting.
  • Chairman of the Prison Reform Trust from 1992 to 1997.[35]
  • President of the Cyclists' Touring Club in January 2007, succeeding Phil Liggett.[36]
  • Patron of Reprieve, a legal action charity which uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.[37]
  • Patron of the African Prisons Project, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to bring dignity and hope to men women and children in African prisons through health, education, justice and reintegration.[38]
  • Patron of Media Legal Defence Initiative, a UK-based charity that provides legal support to journalists and media outlets (independent media need not apply).[39]
  • Patron of the tree planting charity Trees for Cities.[40]
  • Chair of New Horizon Youth Centre, the charity of which he was Director during the 1970s.[41]
  • Ambassador of Ambitious about Autism, the UK charity supporting children and young people with autism.[42]
  • Patron of the DIPEx Charity, a UK-based charity that produces two health websites, Healthtalkonline[43] and Youthhealthtalk,[44] featuring people's real life experiences of health and illness.[45]

Bibliography

Snow published his autobiographical work, "Shooting History", in 2004. The book was published by Harper Perennial and details Snow's life from his childhood, up to the 2003 Iraq War.[46]

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References

  1. ↑ http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/03/26/vote-the-2017-horace-greeley-award-for-best-fake-news-journalist/
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21578854
  3. ↑ "Anniversary of student occupation"
  4. ↑ "University of Liverpool Alumni – Jon Snow"
  5. ↑ "Jon Snow presenter of Channel 4 News"
  6. ↑ "Why I love Jon Snow", Sarah Dempster, The Guardian, 17 May 2007; retrieved 13 June 2010
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka's Killing Fields"
  8. ↑ http://www.nus.org.uk/en/student-life/student-lifestyle/Jon-Snow-Exclusive-Interview/
  9. ↑ http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/feature/0,1169,1161366,00.html
  10. ↑ "Desert Island Discs interview, time:0:29:25, BBC Radio 4, 30 January 2011"
  11. ↑ http://bilderberg.org/mi5bbc.htm Mark Hollingsworth; Richard Norton-Taylor (1988). "MI5 and the BBC – Stamping the 'Christmas Tree' files". Blacklist: The Inside Story of Political Vetting. London: Hogarth Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-7012-0811-2.
  12. ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_19981213/ai_n1448231
  13. ↑ http://cryptome.info/mi6-disinfo.htm title=Anthrax follies; 'Planted' intelligence is a war correspondent's nightmare
  14. ↑ "Who sees and hears what matters in Whitehall", The Guardian, 16 November 1992
  15. ↑ http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/domestic_politics/channel+4+news+at+25+jon+snow/975252
  16. ↑ "Jon Snow Rails Against 'Poppy Fascism'"
  17. ↑ "Channel 4 – News – Snowmail: Prince Harry in Afghanistan"
  18. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=522552&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
  19. ↑ IMG.dailymail.co.uk "Snow's actions treason'"
  20. ↑ http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/us+lawyer+show+us+binyam+mohamed+torture+papers+now/2935472.html
  21. ↑ http://www.channel4.com/news/cholera-hit-haiti-braced-for-tropical-storm-tomas
  22. ↑ "Bribery at the heart of Megrahi’s Lockerbie conviction?"
  23. ↑ "Russell Brand v Jon Snow interview"
  24. ↑ "Jon Snow interview with Israeli spokesman Mark Regev"
  25. ↑ http://crooksandliars.com/2014/07/uk-reporter-commits-real-journalism
  26. ↑ Gerald Isaaman "And finally... the end of the news", Camden New Journal, 28 January 2005
  27. ↑ William Langley "Jon Snow: married in Mustique", The Telegraph, 26 June 2010
  28. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288759/And-finally-Jon-Snow-weds-62.html
  29. ↑ http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=69752
  30. ↑ http://www.tate.org.uk/about/governancefunding/boardoftrustees/trusteesretired.htm
  31. ↑ http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/organisation/board-of-trustees/minutes-of-the-board/march-2008
  32. ↑ http://www.brookes.ac.uk/about/honorary/profiles/jon-snow
  33. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20051025134747/http://www.external.stir.ac.uk/undergrad/course_info/courses_ug/f_m_studies.php
  34. ↑ http://www.riba.org/go/RIBA/News/Press_5147.html
  35. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20040302173452/http://www.brookes.ac.uk/smt/jon_snow
  36. ↑ http://www.ctc.org.uk/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=4473
  37. ↑ http://www.reprieve.org.uk/static/downloads/newletter-nov07-6.pdf
  38. ↑ http://www.africanprisons.org/about/people/
  39. ↑ http://www.mediadefence.org/about.html
  40. ↑ http://www.treesforcities.org/about-us/who-we-are/
  41. ↑ {http://www.nhyouthcentre.org.uk/about/our-chair/
  42. ↑ http://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/page/who_we_are/aaa_people/ambassadors.cfm
  43. ↑ http://www.healthtalkonline.org
  44. ↑ http://www.youthhealthtalk.org%7Cwork=Youthhealthtalk main website
  45. ↑ http://www.healthtalkonline.org/Overview/ThePeople
  46. ↑ Snow, Jon (2004). Shooting History. London: Harper Perennial

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