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A fact from Richard Downes appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 June 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Irish journalist Richard Downes secretly entered Zimbabwe disguised as a tourist to film an undercover report for the BBC's Newsnight during the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election?

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Richard Downes never worked for Reuters. I also doubt he ever worked for the Press Association. He spent some time as a 'rip-and-read' at London Broadcasting Co (LBC), under Douglas Moffatt. He was never an alcohol-free zone. Was known as 'Dipsy Downes' at FT-TV. This Wiki biog,

as stands ( @Sept 20 2010), is at least questionable. IMO.

87.113.239.65 (talk) 00:52, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

All of the information on the page is reliably referenced from RTÉ and the Sunday Times etc. — Cargoking talk 20:32, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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