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News on the World Service

How well does the World Service do at covering the myriad of world news stories?

A look at the News on the World Service. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Commissioning editor, John Renner answers listeners question including: broadcasting live press conferences - why not edit them to the 'juicy bits', why Russian News is all about Moscow and why the lack of interviews with Chinese officials?
Also - football transfer season and news of David Beckham, plus an accusation of incomprehensibility in the Vietnamese language service.

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13 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project