People like Reed lie to themselves as much as they lie about everything else. It's one big ego trip. He thinks he's going to win awards with this. Talk about self-delusion:
“I try to be a good journalist and a good filmmaker at the same time,” he told Variety. “And I am kind of maniacally fussy about factual accuracy, and the authenticity of the stories that I tell, but I also want to give them impact and reach, and I want to make them engrossing and engaging like movies are. I want to use all the armory of a moviemaker to tell true stories that I think is a good signature of my style on screen.”
I don't know why he deserves any air time.
Just for 'light relief', I looked to see what was playing on Channel 4 on Weds and Thursday night this week, in the forthcoming LN slots. Weds: 'Skint Britain'. Thurs 'Sleeping with the Far Right'.
In the latter, the documentary-maker selected a particular far right-wing male interviewee as being of interest, because 'He’s not a household name, but he’s someone who’s very connected to power players across the nationalist movement. He’s in regular contact with Dr David Duke, former leader of the KKK'.
On what the interviewee will get out of it:
Why do you think he agreed to it?
I think he hoped that it was going to be an opportunity to disseminate his beliefs on a large scale, a national broadcast platform for him to preach on. I think anybody who has political aspirations, or anyone who has previously been in politics, probably sees it as a great moment to reach some new ears.
The Ch4 interviewer was asked 'were you ever scared', and replied: ' I told him I was worried that he might disseminate false information about me on the internet that was false, but that could be damaging.'
So it seems to be a Channel 4 characteristic that they aim to interview extreme people who are prepared to lie in the media (as long as they don't lie about Channel 4 staff).
Says it all about Channel 4, really. It's just 'TV' to them. Never mind people's lives.
https://www.channel4.com/press/news/sleeping-far-right-interview-alice-levine