Twitter storm as IMF boss hails late Saudi king as 'strong advocate of women'

2015-01-23 18

We look at reaction to Christine Lagarde's comment that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was "in a very discreet way a strong advocate of women". People lambasted the IMF boss online, pointing to the plight of women in Saudi Arabia. Also in this edition, American Atomic Scientists are saying we are as close to doomsday as we were during the Cold War. Their doomsday clock is now three minutes to midnight. Yikes. Join us for MediaWatch while you can.



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