Talk:Martin Bashir

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Contents 1 marriage 2 picture 3 wacko jacko 4 University 5 ethnicity? 6 Devout Christian? 7 Anagram

[edit] marriage

who is he married to?

Don't know. But I pity the lady he is married to. --Mellisa Anthony Jones (talk) 09:24, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] picture

Can we get a better picture of Martin Bashir? This picture here currently looks like someone took a photo of the TV.

The last sentence should be changed to "He moved to ABC Television in July 2004 as an investigative reporter when he realised that he could make far more money making exploitative documentaries than as a credible journalist."

I agree, we need a better pic here. This is horrible!--72.224.56.188 23:43, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wacko jacko

why does wacko jacko redirect here? it should come up with michael jackson, like it used to.

Is it necessary to specify that Bashir is "of Pakistani descent"? If he was a caucasian person it wouldn't say that he was "of Anglo-Saxon descent", would it?

Since Pakistanis are a minority in the UK, it would be appropriate to mention that. - 68.33.120.32 01:27, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

by the way he is also christian

Yes he is and he is not a convert. He is part of the Pakistani Christian minority.

[edit] University

Where was Bashir educated?

The Independent says the University of Winchester. King's College London says he went there. The Guardian Says Southampton and King's; or just Southampton. NNDB says King Alfred's College Winchester, as does the Standing Conference of Principals.

Until recently we said he went to King Alfred's College Winchester and vehemently denied that he went to King's College London.

So, did he go to all these places? Some of them? None of them? Any idea how to clear this up? TSP 22:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

King Alfred's College Winchester became accredited by the University of Southampton in 1992. It is now the University of Winchester. Prior to 1992 it was accredited by the Council for National Academic Awards. Some King Alfred's College students do claim that they have a Southampton degree, which is technically correct. However Bashir cannot claim a Southampton degree as he went there before 1992. King Alfred's College became the University of Winchester in 2004 or 2005 - again, Bashir cannot really claim a degree from there, but it is easy to see how it might happen.

The King's College degree - perhaps the word Alfred's got dropped inadvertantly in bios?

The other interesting element from these links is that if it becomes accepted wisdom that he went first to Southampton and then King's College (and it still isn't clear if he did the latter), then the usage "first degree at" seems to slip easily into "first class degree." Sloppy journalism.

Bashir could not have gone to the University of Winchester - it did not exist at the time. He went to King Alfred's College of HE, Winchester at a time when it was validated by the Council for National Academic Awards.

[edit] ethnicity?

what ethnic group of Pakistan is his ancestry? is he Punjabi? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.247.22.37 (talk) 05:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Devout Christian?

Is this true? We need some hard evidence before we can say this. I saw the full version of ABC faceoff and it seems that he was an atheist from points he was making.

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3148940&page=1 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.122.222.3 (talk) 20:10, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

We have a source; that is Wikipedia's standard. Seeking to gather 'evidence' would probably be original research, which we do not encourage. On the other hand, if you can find a reliable source suggesting that he is NOT a Christian, we should mention that too.

From that link it seems that he was acting as moderator of the debate. As such it would be his job to direct scrutiny equally against both sides, not only against the one he disagreed with. TSP 01:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anagram

"Also, the two words "Harms Britain" are an anagram of "Martin Bashir"." - inappropriate, unencyclopedic, and therefore out of here, I think. Lost Number 09:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

• I feel that there should be a trivia type section for the anagram. Several Wikipedia articles have trivia facts that are deemed "inappropriate, unencyclopedic, and therefore out of here, I think, and since Martin Bashir doesn't have a very in depth article about him, this trivia fact can be part of the article.