Lucy Watson (journalist)

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Lucy Watson
Born
Lucy Watson

Wirral, England
OccupationJournalist
Employer ITN (2007–present)
Website ITV Page

Lucy Watson is an English journalist and newsreader, who was employed by ITN for ITV News as a general news correspondent.

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Career history

Watson left Daybreak to join ITN in February 2014 under the title of China Correspondent for ITV News based in Beijing. [1]

In a report covering the conflict in Ukraine, she commented that "Now the unthinkable has happened to them. This is not a developing third world nation. This is Europe." This was criticised as offensive. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "ITV Daybreak correspondent joins ITV News". ResponseSource.
  2. ↑ Ellison, Sarah. "'They seem so like us': In depicting Ukraine's plight, some in media use offensive comparisons". The Washington Post.
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