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World Service,09 Jan 1997,8 mins

Tabloidization

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Complaints about the "tabloidization" of World Service news by the inclusion of celebrity gossip about Michael Jackson's pimples. Also, a listener in India questions why the BBC continues to refer to Mumbai as "Bombay", when it no longer calls St Petersburg, Stalingrad.

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