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Viewer Trevor Precious felt Rory Bremner's portrayal of Princess Diana as a ghost in THE RORY BREMNER SPECIAL: MY GOVERNMENT AND I was in poor taste. Diana was a soft target and it is unfair to mock people who cannot defend themselves. Comment from Dr Simon Cohn (Lecturer, Goldsmiths College, University of London). Reply from Rory Bremner. Stuart Goodacre explores electoral warfare in cyberspace. The American Presidential election was fought on the internet. Comments from Rachelle Valladares (International Vice Chair, Democrats Abroad), Colleen Graffy (Executive Director, Republicans Abroad), David Brewer (Managing Editor, CNN.com europe) and Dr Stephen Coleman (Director, Hansard E-Democracy Programme) comments on the British equivalent. The Right to Reply 500 were asked what they watched on the big Monday night ratings battle: 4% changed their plans [watched Who Wants to Be a Millionaire instead of One Foot in the Grave] 33% stayed with BBC1 13% stayed with ITV 18% watched both [taping one of the two channels] 33% not interested [in either] Was scheduling two ratings grabbing shows against each other in the audience's interest? 7% yes, 50% no and 43% made no difference. Viewer Sandy Moorhouse calls CLARISSA AND THE COUNTRYMAN political propaganda by stealth, an advert for the Countryside Alliance. Comments from John Rolls (Director of Communications, RSPCA), Stephen Harris (Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Bristol). Reply from Bob Long (Executive Producer, CLARISSA AND THE COUNTRYMAN). Viewer Mike Bishop would like to know why it is so difficult to get into the audience for THE WEAKEST LINK. Reply from Matthew Firsht (Managing Director Power House [audience ticket agency]).