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Over to You: Explaining Puerto Rico as America's 51st state?

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09/09/2023 GMT

Explaining Puerto Rico as America's 51st state?

BBC World Service - Over to You, Explaining Puerto Rico as America's 51st state?

We get your feedback on The Explanation and understand how its stories are chosen

We hear your feedback on The Explanation and the show’s presenter gives us her explanation of how stories are chosen. Plus striking the right balance on coverage of US politics.

A recent edition of The Explanation asked “Could Puerto Rico become America's 51st state?” We hear your feedback on this series and the show’s presenter Claire Graham gives us her explanation of how news stories such as this are chosen.

Plus, listeners query if the World Service is striking the right balance on coverage of US politics and also ask if a recent edition of Crowd Science was just too far-fetched to understand.

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
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