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I heard this story in disbelief. The spokesman claimed that the
students knew about the risk and agreed beforehand, but that they
only knew about one reporter masquarading as a student and not about
the other two, and I paraphrase, 'for their own protection'. There's
a severe dis-connect from reality on the part of the BBC, and I'm
sad to say that they have now joined the ranks of the News of the
World. Was the Levenson Inquiry a complete waste of time?<br>
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Yours,<br>
JB Lewis<br>
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<div>I trust that some list members have heard of the lead news
story today on the BBC, about three BBC journalists who
accompanied students from the LSE – under the disguise of
themselves claiming to be students. A BBC spokesman has
claimed that to film the documentary (due to be broadcast
tomorrow), it was worthwhile putting students at risk (Can
this be right? – it was what their spokesman said on Radio 4
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href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22144667">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22144667</a>.</div>
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<div>I would be interested in colleagues' reactions. </div>
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Dr. James B. Lewis
President of the British Association for Korean Studies
University Lecturer in Korean History
and Fellow of Wolfson College
Oriental Institute
University of Oxford
Pusey Lane
Oxford, OX1 2LE
United Kingdom
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jay.lewis@orinst.ox.ac.uk">jay.lewis@orinst.ox.ac.uk</a>
Tel: +44-(0)1865-278200
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