Mocking Integrity &The BBC
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Lyse Doucet - BBC Chief International Correspondant.
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Born
Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Family
Parents; no information (Gray people?)
Sister; Andrea Doucet - professor of Gender Studies, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario.
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Education
University of Toronto- InternationalRelations
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario.
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Languages
French, Farsi
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Employment
Freelance journalist & BBC since 1980’s based in West Africa, Kabul, Islamabad, Amman-Jordan, Jerusalem.
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Spouse
Unmarried
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Jewish
No, Acadian/Irish/Micmac
Notes
Lyse was the only journalist at Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s brother’s wedding where there was an assassination attempt on him.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-136965/Afghan-leader-Karzai-survives-assassination-attempt.html
They got him eventually though.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14129187
Lyse is also a member of The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)
https://theinternationalforecaster.com/topic/international_forecaster_weekly/the_truth_about_the_royal_institute_of_international_affairs
And she’s involved in a charity that looks out for children in poverty stricken areas of West Africa.
https://cintl.org/who-we-are/honorary-patrons/