BBC Accused of Endangering Students in Undercover North Korea Report
Posted: 4/15/2013 | By: Jethro Mullen | CNN
(CNN) -- A BBC journalist who got into North Korea
by using a group of students from a top British university as camouflage
is facing accusations that he recklessly endangered their safety and
damaged the school's reputation.
BBC reporter John Sweeney posed as a student from the London School of Economics and Political Science, or LSE, on a visit to the secretive nation last month, during which he filmed footage for the broadcaster's prime-time current affairs show "Panorama."
BBC reporter John Sweeney posed as a student from the London School of Economics and Political Science, or LSE, on a visit to the secretive nation last month, during which he filmed footage for the broadcaster's prime-time current affairs show "Panorama."