Intelligence Squared Debate
Synopsis
Intelligence Squared Debate: Sex, bugs and video tapes. There’s no right to privacy in countries like the UK but should there be? This September Zeinab Badawi chairs a debate with the motion: The private lives of public figures deserve more protection from the press.
Those arguing in favour are Max Mosely, the former President of Formula One, and the human rights lawyer, Geoffrey Robertson QC. Arguing against are investigative journalist Tom Bower and Kelvin McKenzie, the former Editor of Britain’s biggest selling tabloid newspaper, The Sun.
Intelligence Squared is a premier debating forum, providing a unique platform for the world's leading figures in politics, journalism, and the media to contest the most important issues of the day, be they political, social, intellectual or historical.
Employing the classic "Oxford Union" style of debating, the world's leading speakers are pitched against each other with a clearly defined motion, to try and win over the votes of the audience through intellectual argument, charm and persuasion.
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