BBC accused of using students 'as a human shield' in North Korea documentary - Polidicks

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22144667[/url] [quote]The BBC has refused to drop a Panorama programme on North Korea after a students' union said it used students "as a human shield" to film there. Three BBC journalists accompanied 10 London School of Economics students and spent eight days in the country. The LSE students' union's Alex Peters-Day said Monday's programme should be dropped because students were lied to and could not give informed consent. But the BBC said the students had been properly warned ahead of the trip. Head of news programmes Ceri Thomas said the North Korean government was the only party the BBC had deceived.[/quote] You have to [B]read the full article[/B] or else you don't know what actually happened ok

Students' unions are either the best or the absolute worst. Can they actually prove that stuff?

Why try and stop the documentary going out? It's done now so what's the point.

If I was able to go there on a trip with journalists I would.

[QUOTE=Scot;40278260]Why try and stop the documentary going out? It's done now so what's the point.[/QUOTE]They're likely never to be let into North Korea again, and other not-so-friendly countries are going to be thinking twice before letting them anywhere near. That having been said, I don't see how much more damage airing the documentary can do now.

[QUOTE=locojaws;40278426]If I was able to go there on a trip with journalists I would.[/QUOTE] Same, I'd like to have one of those parades held in my honour.

I just like the fact BBC has made this their lead headline, I mean they've always been pretty good at reporting accusations of them and mistakes they've made, but since the Saville furore they've kind of gone into self-flagellation mode. And if the students were told of the risks and repercussions, and then agreed, I don't see what the problem is.

[QUOTE]"There were 10 students. We told them there would be a journalist on the trip and, if that journalist was discovered, it could mean detention and that it could mean arrest."[/QUOTE] Pretty sure they would have been close to being lined up and shot had they been found out. Get fucked BBC, that's going too far.

[QUOTE=smeismastger;40279835]Pretty sure they would have been close to being lined up and shot had they been found out. Get fucked BBC, that's going too far.[/QUOTE] It's not as bad as you think. Vice did [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R8JObNNQ4]their own documentary[/url] two years ago. They have been seen filming, and while the reception was unfriendly at times (as seen in the documentary), it never looked like they might get shot.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40279904]It's not as bad as you think. Vice did [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R8JObNNQ4]their own documentary[/url] two years ago. They have been seen filming, and while the reception was unfriendly at times (as seen in the documentary), it never looked like they might get shot.[/QUOTE] The way BBC did it would have made the N.Koreans suspect that they were spies.

[QUOTE=smeismastger;40280066]The way BBC did it would have made the N.Koreans suspect that they were spies.[/QUOTE] What makes you believe BBC did it any way different from the way Vice did it? It's easy to call anybody with a camera filming the place a spy.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40280084]What makes you believe BBC did it any way different from the way Vice did it? It's easy to call anybody with a camera filming the place a spy.[/QUOTE] Yeah, but using students as meatshield? What kind of news reporter does that? They would have thought about that and come to the conclusion of this being enought proof for them to arrest the whole bunch.

[QUOTE=Scot;40278260]Why try and stop the documentary going out? It's done now so what's the point.[/QUOTE] So people in the future won't think that they can pull this same kind of shit and get it aired?

[QUOTE=smeismastger;40280066]The way BBC did it would have made the N.Koreans suspect that they were spies.[/QUOTE] I'm glad you were there to witness them filming, how was North Korea?

Can't wait to watch the documentary. Any idea if it'll be broadcasted in the US?

In the source people keep mentioning that this will potentially stop any future trips from LSE to North Korea, my heart bleeds for university students not being able to fund [B]the worst state in the world.[/B] [editline]15th April 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;40284397]Can't wait to watch the documentary. Any idea if it'll be broadcasted in the US?[/QUOTE] It'll probably make it's way onto youtube if not