Mediagazer: BBC inquiry into journalist's death flawed by ‘fear culture’, says family (Josh Halliday/Guardian)

10:20 AM ET, November 19, 2012

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Josh Halliday / Guardian:

BBC inquiry into journalist's death flawed by ‘fear culture’, says family — Russell Joslin's family questions the impartiality of the inquiry, and joins calls for an independent investigation instead — The family of a BBC journalist believed to have killed himself has expressed grave doubts …

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