What is Martin Bashir?
[[File:MartinBashir.jpg|thumb|Bashir in 2012]] '''Martin Bashir''' (born 19 January 1963) is a [[British people|British]] [[journalist]]. He is known for interviewing Princess Diana in 1995 and [[Michael Jackson]] in the 2003 documentary [[Living with Michael Jackson]]. That year he was voted the fifth 'worst Briton'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3017569.stm|title=Blair branded 'worst Briton'|date=11 May 2003|publisher=|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> He started being a journalist in 1986. He worked with BBC until 1999. Then he joined [[ITV]]. In December 2010 he joined [[MSNBC]]. He hosted ''Martin Bashir'' on MSNBC on weekdays. On 15 November 2013, Bashir made people angry when he said on his MSNBC show ''Clear the Air'' that someone should [[defecate]] in [[Sarah Palin]]'s mouth and called her a 'world-class idiot'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/martin-bashir-says-someone-should-sht-in-sarah-palins-mouth/|title=Martin Bashir Says Someone Should Sh*t in Sarah Palin’s Mouth|publisher=}}</ref> In December 2013 Bashir stopped working at the MSNBC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/dec/04/martin-bashir-resigns-msnbc-sarah-palin|title=Martin Bashir resigns from MSNBC over comments disparaging Sarah Palin|first=Tom|last=McCarthy|date=4 December 2013|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> Bashir was born to [[Pakistani]] parents in [[Wandsworth]] in [[South London]]. He speaks English and [[Urdu]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bashir, Martin}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English journalists]] {{bio-stub}}