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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?
A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/June.

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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.

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 {{dyktalk|16 June|2009|{{*mp}}... that [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] journalist '''[[Richard Downes]]''' secretly entered [[Zimbabwe]] disguised as a tourist to film an undercover report for the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Newsnight]]'' during the [[Zimbabwean presidential election, 2008|2008 Zimbabwean presidential election]]?}}
+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.
+[[Special:Contributions/87.113.239.65|87.113.239.65]] ([[User talk:87.113.239.65|talk]]) 00:52, 20 September 2010 (UTC)