Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie took part in a somewhat heated BBC Newsnight panel discussion a couple of weeks back about president-elect Donald Trump.
When I arrived at their studio in Washington DC, the show’s producer casually said, “You’ll be on a panel with a Trump Supporter.
At no time had I been told that there would be anyone else in the interview, never mind being pitted against a Trump Supporter.
But sneakily pitting me against a Trump Supporter was not about balance – we could have easily been interviewed separately.