News X (India) raises the game: panel discussions get serious

As readers of these pages know, a couple of weeks ago I was prepared to throw in the towel and accept no further requests to participate in on air panel discussions hosted by the relative newcomer to international English language broadcasting from India, News X. The reason was simple: the low level of participants whom they had scooped up so far. If I am outnumbered 3:1 by propagandists for the Kiev regime, that is bad enough. But if those propagandists are inexperienced or incapable debaters, the whole exercise is a waste of everyone’s time.

I stated my position to News X directly by phone. One of their producers asked my forbearance, saying that they were busy trying to improve their programming, that they expect to host Prime Minister Modi to a special forum in March at which they officially launch their international service.

Indeed, the two News X shows of the past week which I joined were a big improvement in terms of the credibility and functionality of my debating opponent (singular). Regrettably, I did not receive from them the internet link to the first session. But here below is the link to the debate recorded yesterday with a very capable propagandist for the Keir Starmer view of the world, Keith Vaz, a former official in the British foreign office and present-day chair of the Integration Foundation, London.

You will note the condescending tone of Vaz in speaking of Trump, which totally ignores the coordinated and highly sophisticated actions of Team Trump in Riyadh (Rubio, Witkoff, Waltz), in Brussels (Pete Hegseth) and in Munich (J.D. Vance) over the past ten days.

I invite you to enjoy our exchange.