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09/05/2009

Did a Tamil Tiger really succeed in giving an interview to the World Service via Skype, even though he was under fire and telephone lines were down? A news editor answers a listener's suspicions.

With the Tamil Tiger forces seemingly on the verge of defeat at the hands of the Sri Lankan government, a great deal of recent media attention has been focused there. But did a rebel spokesperson really succeed in giving an interview to the World Service via Skype, even though he was under fire and telephone lines were down? A news editor answers a listener's suspicions.

Also this week, did the media go overboard in marking the 100th day of Barack Obama's presidency? Rajan Datar discusses this with the editor of the 大象传媒 Washington Bureau.

17 minutes

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Sun 10 May 2009 02:41GMT

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