NationStates Jolt Archive

I kid you not. I am being asked by a BBC reporter for an interview.

I have just received an e-mail, which I quote below:


Hello
My name is Sarah Brown and I am a journalist for BBC News Online in London. I read your earlier comments on the Gaza disengagement plan with interest and was wondering if you would like to talk more to be about it ahead of the Likud referendum on Sunday, for which I am writing an article.

If you would like to speak to me please feel free to send me your number and I will call you.
Many thanks
Sarah

Sarah Brown
Broadcast Journalist
BBC News Online

I am thinking whether I should talk to her. I don't have much trust in the BBC, and besides, I tend to get kind of shy in this sort of situations and make a fool of myself. I am not the kind of person who can act naturally in an interview. On the other hand, I could show that article of hers to my British friends when it is published- would be my claim to fame :lol: . So I am hesitating between three options:

1) Agree and talk to her, risking to make a fool of myself and have my views misrepresented
2)Decline, not gaining anything, but not losing, either.
3)Make a counter proposal- an interview via e-mails or MSN messenger, where I would be much less shy and language barrier would be less of a problem.

What do you think I should do? Any advice will be VERY appreciated.

I think that you should request to see the interview, as it will be shown, before it is planned to air. And have the ability to not allow it to be shown.

I think that you should request to see the interview, as it will be shown, before it is planned to air. And have the ability to not allow it to be shown.

Vote +1 :D

I think that would be the best idea, but if you don't 3 would also be good

I think that you should request to see the interview, as it will be shown, before it is planned to air. And have the ability to not allow it to be shown.

I agree with this one :) , corse #3 has it's advantages and don't forget to push for Nationstates as well :D

I agree. And, Hutton debacle aside, the BBC is actually pretty trustworthy. It gets evenly criticised from all ends of the political arena, which suggests to me that it may be striking a reasonable balance.

I think that you should request to see the interview, as it will be shown, before it is planned to air. And have the ability to not allow it to be shown.
From what I can figure, she is writing an article and wants to randomly quote some Israeli people, so I will most likely be one person out of several, with only a short bit of my views shown. I doubt I would have much say over this kind of thing.