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Hitting the right sporting balance

After last weekend’s sport, listeners complain the BBC WS got the balance wrong. Plus why did the BBC make a reporting agreement with Iran that excluded its own Persian service?

The BBC made a reporting agreement with the Iranian government that excluded its own Persian service from using the material recorded in Iran last week by a News team. So what is going on?

Plus in the aftermath of last weekend’s action-packed international sport, we hear from listeners who complain the BBC World Service got the balance wrong.

Presenter: Rajan Datar.
Producer: Howard Shannon

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9 minutes

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Sun 21 Jul 201901:50GMT
BBC World Service

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