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Samira Ahmed

Lyse Doucet

Newswatch: 10/10/2014

10/10/2014

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How do broadcasters avoid compassion fatigue, when there's so much bad news to report?

With so much bad news from Syria, Iraq and elsewhere, how do broadcasters avoid compassion fatigue setting in, and audiences switching off?

Viewers' opinions on the coverage of events by BBC News, addressed by the editors and decision makers in charge. Each week the programme looks at how the BBC is covering major stories and puts viewers' criticisms to the powers behind the presenters.

With so much bad news from Syria, Iraq and elsewhere, how do broadcasters avoid compassion fatigue setting in, and audiences switching off? Samira Ahmed speaks to the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet.

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