{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63bcaec715a17f0011dac8cf/67b05deff7ed892410c33033?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Gulf of Amerexico, plus the BBC 'prisoner' apology","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63bcaec715a17f0011dac8cf/1739610367174-39ff4bc0-83bd-4974-b5ec-671bf172f873.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>THIS WEEK</strong>: It turns out video pieces can make good audio too, so here are two recent Viditorials from The Balance, exploring current events with a balanced lens.</p><p><br></p><p>First, it's the Gulf of Mexico/America, and how the White House has turned what is basically a vanity project into a vendetta against the Associated Press.  It's extremely worrying that media organisations which don't conform with the 'Dear Leader' are now being banned from certain events.</p><p><br></p><p>And then, we're revisiting the 'prisoner vs hostage' debate in Israel and Gaza - something which the BBC felt it had to apologise for on-air.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Kamahl Santamaria"}