Index: channels/__init__.py
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--- channels/__init__.py
+++ channels/__init__.py
@@ -575,11 +575,11 @@
         #
         return s
     
     # remove SGML/XML entities
     def entity_decode(self, s):
-        return xml.sax.saxutils.unescape(s)
+        return xml.sax.saxutils.unescape(s).replace(" ", " ")
     
     # convert special characters to &xx; escapes
     def xmlentities(self, s):
         return xml.sax.saxutils.escape(s)