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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazarus" data-source="post: 724761" data-attributes="member: 323322">They are a journalistic organisation (for this purpose) not either an arm of Government or a part of the bid team, so are perfectly within their rights to be unaffected by potential external influence and to act independently and impartially. That is fundamental in Democracy. It's my understanding that they broadcast as soon as due diligence was completed, so it couldn't have been done earlier. As for delaying it .......... well that would mean loss of impartiality and/or acquiescence to undemocratic pressure.Do you want to live in a quasi-dictatorship?</blockquote>