Channel 4 News defends Facebook live stream of battle for Mosul

Broadcasters including Al-Jazeera accused of using war as entertainment and criticised over presence of emojis on their feeds
Channel 4 News has defended its decision to live stream a conflict for the first time amid concerns over the dangers of watching the battle for Mosul on a Facebook live feed.The publicly owned broadcaster joined other TV stations including Al-Jazeera and Rudaw, a Kurdish news agency, to live stream the advance of Iraqi troops and Kurdish fighters into Mosul, Islamic State