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Old 31st May 2007 | 10:14
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Roland Pulfrew
 
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I am not a fan of sensationalist reporting. I believe that many of our news services do not report facts anymore. I am fed up with "special correspondants" being asked for "their opinions" rather than just reporting the "facts". I feel (and I will be happy to be proved wrong) that the BBC report will be based on rumour and half truths - because the BOI has not yet reported. Significant amounts of work will be generated in answering MPs and the publics questions raised by this programme many of which cannot be answered because the BOI still has to report.

And, IMHO, this programme will not generate the good publicity that we seek, it will drive the public's opinion, if they even care, along the "Bring our troops home" route rather than the "Fund our military properly" route. If we cannot be used for what we are employed for then we leave ourselves wide open to further and drastic cuts from HM Treasury.

If the progamme went out with the benefit of having the BOI, ie with the "facts", then I could understand the value - until then......
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