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World Service,24 Apr 2003,13 mins

Coverage of the War in Iraq

Write On

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A return to normal programming after blanket news coverage of the Iraq War which, according to the amount of correspondence with Write On, annoyed listeners enormously. One says, 'even during World War Two the BBC broadcast more than news'. Phil Harding, Director of World Service English Networks, justifies the decision to have 24 hour coverage of the war.

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