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Reporting the French presidential election
What were the challenges in reporting a divisive French presidential election? Plus a listener asks why she is being asked to create a BBC account when logging on online?
The French presidential elections have dominated many of the headlines in the past few weeks - but what are the challenges in reporting what was seen by many to be a divisive election? We hear your views and ask the editor of Newshour how balance was maintained.
Plus a listener asks why she’s being asked to create a BBC account when logging on online.
Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
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