The BBC is at the centre of a row after a leading university accused it of putting its members at risk by sending a team of undercover Panorama journalists into North Korea as part of a student trip.
The team of three, which included reporter John Sweeney, travelled to the secretive state last month as part of a visit by members of a London School of Economics student society.
The university has said the genuine students had been "deliberately misled" by the BBC and were put in "serious danger" by the presence of the journalist.
It has accused the Corporation of taking an "unacceptable" risk. Had the journalists' identity been discovered by the North Korean authorities, the entire group could have been arrested and faced punishment.
While in North Korea, the BBC filmed undercover footage that will be broadcast in Panorama on Monday. The Corporation has said the programme will go ahead, despite the university asking for it to be withdrawn. It insists students on the trip were aware of the BBC's presence before travelling to North Korea.
This weekend, LSE officials sent a letter to all members of the university, deploring the tactics used by the BBC to get its journalists into North Korea.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9992716/BBC-accused-of-putting-students-at-risk-after-journalists-infiltrate-university-trip-to-North-Korea.html
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