PERSON: Martin Bashir

Political commentator, journalist

Martin Bashir was born in Wandsworth, South London, to parents of Pakistani Christian origin, and grew up in Handsworth. He was educated at the state comprehensive Wandsworth School for Boys, King Alfred’s College of Higher Education, Winchester (since 2004 the University of Winchester), studying English and History from 1982–1985 and King’s College London. He is fluent in English and Urdu. He identifies himself as a committed Christian.

Martin Bashir is a British journalist, who was a political commentator for MSNBC, hosting Martin Bashir, and a correspondent for NBC’s Dateline NBC. He was previously an anchor for ABC’s Nightline after initially gaining prominence on British television with his BBC interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, and then his series of interviews with Pop musician Michael Jackson on ITV. On 4 December 2013, Bashir resigned from his position at MSNBC after he made ‘ill-judged comments’ about the former Governor of Alaska and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

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