Monday, April 15, 2013

Current Envents: BBC insists Panorama North Korea programme will go


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April 15, 2013 the news about the North Korea was became the first page of the BBC internet newspaper. The three BBC journalists and 10 London School of Economics students went to the North Korea to take panorama films and for research. They spent eight days in the country. Alex Peters, the LSE students' union, said the program should be dropped because students were lied to and could not give informed consent. But, BBC head of news programs, Ceri Thomas said that, the students had been already informed of the risks on three separate occasions. Three of the students asked that their images be taken out. But the public interest arguments for making and showing the program were "overwhelming".

Students' union general secretary Ms Peters, who was not on the trip, told the BBC News Channel: "One of the students made it absolutely clear that she was not made aware of what happened.” In the other hand, someone insisted, "They’ve (BBC journalists) used students essentially as a human shield in this situation."

 

Vocabulary

Journalist: person who find the new news.

Reputation: a rumor, things that spread widely.

Student welfare: support the student for well-being life.

Organize: establish, make a system or group.

Overwhelming: give a heavy pressure, irresistible

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