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Bob Geldof: Why was our regional TV bid not given a hearing?
Does this sound like a stitch-up to you? Yesterday the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of MPs met in Westminster to discuss the future of the news you watch on TV - who gets to make it and choose the stories, the journalists who edit it.
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