Subscribe now

Letter: Letters : . . . . .

Published 28 February 1998

From Alan Stubbs

alan-s@dircon.co.uk

The radio station Voice of America used to transmit Western propaganda and
news to the Soviet bloc. They would then monitor the retransmission of their
news. When a former tennis champion was reported to have died at her home in
Tooting, London, the Bulgarians broadcast that she “died at her home in London,
playing her trumpet”.

Issue no. 2123 published 28 February 1998

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

Sign up
Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop