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Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
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June 1, 2002
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WE HAVE been getting used to phenomena by television over the past few years. These are the events that move us as one - as a nation, a society, a civilisation, a world.

None of us will forget the way the nation reacted following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, or the whole gamut of emotions we ran during and after September 11.

These are two extreme examples, but there have been plenty of others. Big Brother was one of them. Given that it started in ...

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