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Come on BBC 'news', follow suit <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> :
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/EntertainmentNew...ArticleID=31048
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>BBC apologises for lying and cheating</b>
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:27p.m.   

The BBC has shocked British audiences by admitting it has repeatedly been cheating and deceiving them.

It has suspended all phone-in and interactive viewer contests after discovering that staff regularly faked competition winners.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Very long link to "TV3.co.nz"
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>BBC official to face committee over sham competitions</b>
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:33a.m.

A British parliamentary committee is to summon a top BBC official to answer concerns about a string of fake phone-in competitions that have tarnished its image.

The BBC’s Deputy Director General has been told to appear before the Culture, Media and Sport committee next Tuesday over what the committee says are widespread and systemic problems.

The BBC has suspended all phone-related competitions after admitting it had put fake winners on the air in a number of programmes.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->