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It is no good saying we journalists must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven.
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Birth: | 17th August, 1943 |
Nationality: | Welsh |
Profession: | Journalist, Television Presenter |
Desmond John Humphrys was born in Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales. He is a Welsh journalist, television presenter and author. He studied at Cardiff High School. He was an average pupil and left school at 15 to become a reporter on the Penarth Times. He later joined the Western Mail. He was the main presenter for the Nine O'Clock News, the flagship BBC news television programme, and since 1987 he has been a presenter on the BBC Radio 4 programme, Today. Since 2003 he has been the host of the BBC Two television quiz show Mastermind. In 2009, he began a relationship with the journalist Catherine Bennett, a contributor to The Observer. He has written several books include: Devil's advocate, The Great Food Gamble, Lost for Words, Beyond Words, In God We Doubt, and Blue Skies & Black Olives (with Christopher Humphrys).
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