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0 Western media ignored poll rigging, says Fatima Bhutto02br
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01b00HONG KONG:02b00 Benazir Bhutto’s niece on Monday accused western media of irresponsibility in their reporting of Pakistan, saying they disregarded heavy rigging in last month’s polls01b01span00 02span01span00—02span02b00 including by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).02br
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00Fatima Bhutto, herself a journalist, said she witnessed widespread rigging when she visited polling stations in Sindh province during the elections, which saw President Pervez Musharraf’s backers heavily defeated.02br
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00“We turned on CNN and we turned on 01b00the02b00 BBC and we were told, Musharraf has lost, it’s a sign for democracy, he’s accepted defeat quite gracefully.... You’ve had elections, good job, you’ve done wonderfully, because the president hasn’t won.02br
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00“But in Pakistan, the situation looked quite different,” said Fatima in a speech at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club here. “To say there was rigging in the February 18 elections is an understatement.... It wasn’t just rigging, it was quite open, 01b00unapologetic 02b00rigging. It was no longer under the table, it was very much on top.”02br
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00Fatima said the PPP had engaged in “unapologetic” rigging to win its landslide election victory. “01b00They were taking this election one way or another02b00,” she said.02br
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00Fatima said that even before her aunt’s death, Western media had presented a distorted view of Benazir, and of Pakistan in general. 01b00“02b00The media in the West have been irresponsible if you ask me when it comes to Pakistan. Hysterical is a good word.... When they have got a story they flog it, no matter what the outcome is.02br
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00“For example, when Benazir Bhutto was coming back to Pakistan, the Western press just decided she was it.... They never bothered to ask Pakistanis what they think,” said Bhutto, who wrote several articles criticising her aunt last year. afp02br
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01b00Questions:02b02br
001: What is the purpose of writing 01i00Hong Kong02i00 at the start of the article?02br
002: It says, ''...heavy rigging in last month's polls01span00 02span01span01span02span01span00—02span02span01span00 02span00including by the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)''. I couldn't understand the function of dash in that sentence.02br
003: Why is it 01i00the BBC02i00 not just BBC? There is no 01i00the02i00 with CNN.02br
004: What does 01i00unapologetic02i00 mean in the context of that sentence?02br
005: I couldn't understand the sentence, 01i00They were taking this election one way or another02i00. I would have written it: They were taking this election very easy one way or another.0-