Apologies to David Bellavia, a guest on Monday’s programme. In a blog post I wrote the following day I quoted him as saying during the programme that photo-journalists “should be Christian first, American second and a photographer third.” Mr Bellavia did not say that, and has told us that he would never ask a photographer to put God or country above his profession.
We apologise for misquoting him and are happy to correct our mistake.
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So where did you get the quote from? I am really interested in understanding how you could quote someone from a recording and be completely wrong.
Thanks for that apology and I hope he is satisfied . However, its not unusual to make mistakes; all humans do. Don’t worry about it.
Although he was misquoted, I would say it is reasonable and respectable to put your principles before a job…
Who did say it?
Hi Dileepa, Hi Patti,
John Bernard, the father of the soldier whose photo was published said the Marine ethos is to God, family, country, corps in that order.
I was listening outside the studio and heard John’s comments and some other comments that David had made and with one ear on the programme and the other ear/eye looking at the blog and text messages coming in I mixed the two comments into one. Not an excuse – just an explanation as you asked for one.
Thanks, Madeleine for the correction and apology over the situation….
=Dennis Junior=