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BBC forges access North Korea!
The Commentator has learned that the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the British publicly owned news organisation, has forged student credentials for its journalists in order that they could gain access to the secretive North Korea.
An e-mail from the director of the London School of Economics (LSE) on Saturday stated that the BBC used the visit to plant three journalists inside North Korea at a risk to the university and its students on the trip.
The letter states that a trip organised by the LSE’s ‘Grimshaw Club’ was used as cover by BBC journalists without the knowledge or consent of the London university. “The School authorities had no advance knowledge of the trip or of its planning,” it said.
It is stated that a Mr. John Sweeney gained entry to North Korea by posing as a PhD student. The North Korean authorities allege that he described his occupation for entry control purposes as “LSE student, PhD in History” and gave his address as that of LSE – including a specific office room number which is actually used by a genuine member of LSE staff.
Students report that the North Korean guides during the visit repeatedly addressed him as “Professor” and that Sweeney actively went along with that. John Sweeney graduated from LSE in 1980 with a BSc in Government. The university maintains that he is not an LSE student and that he does not work for the LSE.
