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Religion Media Centre PodcastReligion Media Festival: Religion, Politics and Media in America - interview with Sir Mark ThompsonSir Mark Thompson, chief executive of CNN and former director-general of the BBC, told the Religion Media Festival that religion is important for journalists to understand and report well, not least because the overwhelming majority of people in the world have some level of commitment to it.A committed Catholic, he found religion “intriguing and fascinating”, but not everyone in the media business agreed. Interviewed by the BBC’s home editor, Mark Easton, he said religion plays a much bigger part in American life than in Britain, and more often, it’s woven into political discussion. The fact tha...2025-07-2338 min