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World Service

I spoke to some trainee journalists from the World Service on Friday Night. They have an interesting opportunity to learn about the varied cultures in the world at some depth.

The World Service is a very cost effective way of promoting a positive view of Britain about which so much damage has been done by the government in recent years.

With all the rows about Al Jazeera it is interesting to note how Al Jazeera has in some ways developed from the World Service.

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PoliticalHackUK said…
To be fair, many of the journalists working on Al-Jazeera were originally employed by BBC World and work to similar standards, even now. It was only when the Beeb had to pull out of the Gulf Region for political reasons that they were let go.
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