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Britons rage against BBC tampering with the weather

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20050519
Author:JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer

JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-19-2005
Dateline: LONDON
"The weather is like the government," wrote the English humorist Jerome K. Jerome. "Always in the wrong."

The British Broadcasting Corp. is discovering the truth of that aphorism.

In a nation whose fickle skies make weather forecasts required viewing, Britain's national broadcaster proudly launched a new high-tech report this week _ and sailed into a storm of protest.

Too confusing, said some viewers about the "virtual reality" graphics used several times a day on the BBC's domestic channels and BBC World ...

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