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Read this excerpt!*
more re Martin BASHIR\'s tactics
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3735949.stm
....Despite his[Bashir's] Diana coup, his attempts to become a daily news presenter were shunned by BBC bosses. And colleagues spoke of his aloofness, his unwillingness to share information and the suspect means he used to persuade high-profile interviewees to open up to him on camera.
Questionable tactics?
The complaints followed him to ITV where he secured more high-profile interviews for Tonight with Trevor McDonald.
The Duchess of York claimed Bashir had exploited Diana's vulnerability by lulling her into a "comfort zone" to gain her confidence.
It almost makes me weep when I see you with [your children] because your interaction with them is just so natural, so loving, so caringAnd after his documentary Living with Michael Jackson aired, the pop star claimed to have been "betrayed".
Martin Bashir to Michael Jackson
This was because Bashir appeared to sympathise with Jackson in person, while slamming him in the commentary recorded later (in one clip filmed by Jackson, Bashir tells the singer that his loving relationship with his children "almost makes me weep").
Bashir's interview with the five men accused of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence was described as "a travesty" by the lawyer acting for his parents.
And a complaint by the father of a runaway teenage genius that Bashir and his ITV team deceived him into granting an interview was upheld by the Broadcast Standards Commission.
Sticks and stones
PR guru Max Clifford once said, "Martin Bashir is only interested in one person - himself."
....The executives at ABC, if they even considered the questions raised about his tactics, have given him the benefit of any doubt.
* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3735949.stm
.PR guru Max Clifford once said, "Martin Bashir is only interested in one person - himself."