Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has reacted to the tarring campaign against Press TV Limited by the British media over the past week.
Press TV Ltd. is an independent company based in London and incorporated to produce news, factual programmes and documentaries to be sold to the Tehran-based Press TV News Channel.
Livingstone, who is running as Labour candidate for the London mayoral election said he is not surprised with the media campaign against him and that he has been ready for the attacks.
Referring to his monthly book review show on Press TV news channel, he said he is committed to continue his work with the Epilogue program and will stick to his current contract with the Press TV Ltd. for pre-recording three more shows.
Livingstone added his contract with the Press TV Ltd. ends in March this year and he has to sever ties with the company to concentrate on his mayoral election campaign.
As to further cooperation with the London-based firm, Livingstone said a regular presenting commitment with Press TV will not be possible as he will be squeezed for time during the election campaign.
Meanwhile, Livingstone said he has been asked by a number of media for interviews about his presentations in Press TV but he has turned down the requests especially from the BBC and papers like the Times which are funded by Rupert Murdoch.
“Press TV is one of the few news channels anywhere in the world that fairly presents the Palestinian case,” Livingstone has recently stressed adding it is “a British company, wholly owned in Britain, that makes and sells programmes to Iran and to other places”.
