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Radio 4,14 May 1982,15 mins

The Falklands, the BBC and censorship, 1982

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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The continuation of the Falklands war, confusion over the BBC's status as a publicly owned corporation, and easing of the censorship on military reporting since the Vietnam War.

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