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Michael Duncan Buerk (/ b ɜːr k /; born 18 February 1946) is a British journalist and newsreader. He presented BBC News from 1973 to 2002 and has been the host of BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze since 1990. He was also the presenter of BBC One's docudrama 999 from 1992 to 2003.
Learn about Michael Buerk's career in BBC News, from his award-winning report on the Ethiopian famine in 1984 to his retirement from news presenting in 2002. Find out his views on journalism, his experiences as a foreign correspondent and his other programmes.
But today Michael Buerk reveals that his impressive work rate at the age of 73, long after the normal retirement age, is born of necessity.
Dec 2, 2021 · The Moral Maze presenter claims that public discourse is poisoned by social media and that the BBC is less willing to challenge new orthodoxies. He says his show, which debates the ethics behind the news stories, is no longer as provocative as it used to be.
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Nov 11, 2015 · The BBC Newsbeat article recalls how Michael Buerk's news report on the "biblical famine" in Ethiopia in 1984 sparked the Band Aid and Live Aid campaigns. It also compares the current situation with the past and the government's response.
Oct 11, 2013 · How did the BBC report from Ethiopia by Michael Buerk and Mohammed Amin change the way the media and the public responded to humanitarian crises? Suzanne Franks, professor of journalism, explores the history and legacy of this landmark broadcast.
Michael Buerk has presented The Moral Maze, a lively ethical dilemma discussion forum, since it began in 1990. Since 1998 he has also presented The Choice, in which an...
